Campus Resources

• UW-L Writing Center
• Murphy Library
  • Databases by Subject
    • Psychology
    • English
  • Library Hours
  • Online Tutorial
• Information Technology Services (ITS)
• BlackBoard
• Desire2Learn

Online Writing Help

• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL): "Our website offers a variety of handouts, workshops, presentations, and resources related to writing. Look around."
  • Documenting Sources: APA, MLA
  • Complete Index of Handouts on General Writing Concerns, English as a Second Language, Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation, Researching and Documenting Sources, Professional Writing and Writing Across the Curriculum
• Citation Guides from Murphy Library--MLA, APA, Chicago and more
• Popular vs. Scholarly Sources from Murphy Library
• Plagiarism: What it is and How to Avoid it from Indiana University

Online Reference Tools

• Yourdictionary.com
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Wordsmyth English Dictionary/Thesaurus
• Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus
• Encyclopedia Brittanica
• Columbia Encyclopedia from Bartleby.com
• Internet Public Library
  • Reference Center
• Research-It
  • Language Tools
• Google Search:

Online Reading

General

• Electronic Texts Available to the UW-L Community from Murphy Library
• Online Texts Collection from the Internet Public Library
• The Michigan Electronic Library

Literary & Classics

• Project Gutenberg: Go here to find the "classic books from the start of this century and previous centuries, from authors like Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, as well as well-loved favorites like the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Tarzan and Mars books of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alice's adventures in Wonderland as told by Lewis Carroll, and thousands of others."
• The Internet Classics Archive: "Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors, including user-driven commentary and "reader's choice" Web sites. Mainly Greco-Roman works (some Chinese and Persian), all in English translation."

Online Publications

• Education Week and Teacher Magazine: "Education Week and Teacher Magazine continue to raise the level of awareness and understanding among professional educators and the general public, and to contribute significantly to the welfare of American education."
• Salon.com: "Salon has unique and irreverent voice. The site was created in the spirit of the French salon, where literary figures, artists and statesmen assembled for lively conversations. Today, Salon.com is the one-stop site for the latest breaking news, insight from respected columnists, first person essays and literary audio clips."
• Online Serials, organized by subject area, from the Internet Public Library

News and Commentary

• American Sources: New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, National Public Radio
• News Services: Associated Press, Reuters
• International Sources: International Herald Tribune, World News, BBC News, Guardian Unlimited, Outlook India, Independent News, World Press Review
• Online Newspapers, organized by country, from the Internet Public Library