text: Writing, Reference, and Grammar Resources
  Fun & Popular Sites for Students to Learn about Grammar, Style and Language
  Research links - how to find texts
  Go to the library and talk to the research librarian
  SDSU Online Library Resources
  Dictionaries, Word Usage & Thesauruses
  Grammar Resources + common assumptions about grammar
  Grammar and Mechanics - some Resources
  National Council of Teachers of English - Grammar Resource Page http://www.ncte.org/lessons/grammar
  Purdue's Online Writing Lab - easily one of the best collections of resources for teaching writing. See the main site, http://owl.english.purdue.edu/, materials for non-Purdue instructors http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/679/01/, and their big list of handouts: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/
  Bedford St Martins Writing Guide & Exercises - huge collection of useful resources http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/exercisecentral/
  The Writer's Handbook, Univ Wisconsin, http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/
  A compilation of Jim Garret's notes, exercises and glosses on Williams' Style, Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. There's a lot of generally useful advice you can use in class without having to refer to the Williams text. You can find the full collection (CSU LA), along with other style and grammar-related materials athttp://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/cresources.php
  Raimes & Eduspace (comes with RWS 100 Raimes handbook) http://www.cengage.com/eduspace/
  Writing@CSU - invaluable collection of writing resources http://writing.colostate.edu/index.cfm
  University of Toronto help with academic writing http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html
  Laurier Writing Resources
  Rutgers Gude to teaching grammar http://wp.rutgers.edu/teachers/101/media/ttw_grammar.pdf
  Punctuation, Grammar, Style, & Usage: Twelve Guidelines http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/content/view/54/66/
  Writing@CSU Grammar help http://writing.colostate.edu/links/index.cfm?subcategory=13
  The Grammar Handbook, University of Illinois http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/
  Grammatical Terms Defined. An alphabetical list of key grammatical terms from The American Heritage® Book of English. http://www.bartleby.com/64/10.html
  The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. Covers grammar, style, diction, word choice, word formation, etc. http://www.bartleby.com/64/
  The Elements of Style by William Strunk http://www.bartleby.com/141/
  Free Rice - vocabulary game that also donates food to the needy when you play. http://www.freerice.com/ For each word you get right, this group donates 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. "WARNING: This game may make you smarter. It may improve your speaking, writing, thinking, grades, job performance, etc. The rice is paid for by the advertisers whose names you see on the bottom of your vocabulary screen."
  ASK BETTY Univ. of Washington. Great Mechanics advice and info. http://depts.washington.edu/engl/askbetty/10main.php
  The NYT has a section called "After Deadline" that examines questions of grammar, usage and style. Example - this piece on overstuffed sentenceshttp://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/overstuffed-sentences/
  The Grammar Gang Blog - a blog about grammar http://thegrammargang.blogspot.com/. By Purdue University and the University of South Australia.
  Grammar Girl Blog http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ "Grammar Girl provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing."
  Urban dictionary (slang) http://www.urbandictionary.com/
  Hot for words (warning - risque) http://www.hotforwords.com/
  Basic Grammar, from the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/
  Guide to Grammar and Writing with quizzes and exercises http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
  Grammar Quizzes (easy) http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos.htm (from the Interlink Language Center site)
  Grammar Quizzes (Hard) Chicago Manual of Style questions and answers on more difficult aspects of grammar and style: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/qatopics.html
  That's right, use your feet and talk to a human being. Watch what they do - ask them what they are doing - take notes, and try later on to do it yourself. Have them guide you through a key word search – show you some slick librarian tricks.
  Another good place to start? Talk to your professor. Ask her what some of the key journals or databases are in your discipline. Ask her if she knows any journals or academic publications that are particularly good for undergraduates
  Library Homepage http://infodome.sdsu.edu/
  Article Databases & Electronic Resources http://infoguides.sdsu.edu/
  Research Resources http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/research.shtml
  How to Find Journals http://infodome.sdsu.edu/howto/findperiodicals.shtml
  Search for Journals by Name http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/ejournals/ssolutions/ssolutionsmain.shtml
  Amazon Search Inside the Book http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0385721862/ref=sib_dp_pt#reader-link
  Google book search http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp Lets you read the entire text of books in the public domain or see excerpts from copyright books.
  SDSU dictionaries page http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/vrd.shtml#dictionaries
  Merriam Webster's dictionary http://www.merriam-webster.com/
  Infoplease http://dictionary.infoplease.com/
  Thesaurus http://www.bartleby.com/62/
  Columbia Encyclopedia http://www.bartleby.com/65/
  Microsoft Encarta http://encarta.msn.com/
  SDSU encyclopedias page http://infodome.sdsu.edu/research/guides/vrd.shtml#encyclopedias
  National Council of Teachers of English Guidlines for Teaching Grammar: http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/qandaaboutgrammar
  "Grammar: Irrefutable, Irreconcilable Premises," Rebecca Howard. http://wrt.syr.edu/pub/reflections/23/howard.html
  "50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice," By GEOFFREY K. PULLUM, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 17.
  Myths about Grammar and Teaching Writing Beth Rapp Young, UCF.
  "Four Comments on "Grammar, Grammars, and the Teaching of Grammar." A classic debate on the merits of teaching grammar. Joe Williams; Richard D. Cureton; Carole Moses; Edward A. Vavra. College English, Vol. 47, No. 6. (Oct., 1985), pp. 641-649. LINK VIA JSTOR
  Patrick Hartwell's (1985) "Grammar, Grammar, and the Teaching of Grammar, one of the most influential articles written about grammar.http://www.ou.edu/hartwell/Hartwell.pdf
  Dawkins, John. "Teaching Punctuation as a Rhetorical Tool." CCC 46 (1995): 533-48. http://www.jstor.org/stable/358327
  "Revitalizing Grammar," Dunn and Lindblom, English Journal January 2003. Excellent discussion of grammar and teaching writing.
  Bedford's A Commonsense Approach to Teaching Grammar and Usage Useful info on approaches to teaching grammar