Writing Resources

• Glossary: Software Testing Terms
• Glossary: Terms Used in Software Testing

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• Dictionary (meta): OneLook - Search 350 dictionaries simultaneously
• Dictionary: Merriam-Webster Online
• Dictionary: Cambridge Dictionaries Online
• Dictionary: TheFreeDictionary.com
• Dictionary: Web of on-line Dictionaries
• Dictionary/Pronouncing: CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
• Dictionary/Translator: VoyCaulary lookup reference tool
• Dictionary/Thesaurus: WordNet Lexical Database
• Dictionary: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
• Dictionary: Computer Jargon
• Dictionary: ComputerUser's High-Tech Dictionary
• Dictionary: Mainframe Computer Terms
• Dictionary: Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
• Dictionary: Word of the Day
• Dictionary List: Collection of Dictionaries (Ramsch)
• Dictionary List: Collection of Dictionaries (IPL)
• Dictionary List: Yahoo's Dictionary Links
• Directory: AT&T Internet Toll Free Directory
• Encyclopedia: IT-specific encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia: PC Webopaedia
• Encyclopedia: The Electric Library Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia: Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia   (new)  
• Glossary: Computer Oriented Abbreviations & Acronyms (Babel)
• Glossary: Computer Jargon File
• Glossary/Dictionary: Kadow's Internet Dictionary
• Guide: Grammar and Style
• Guide: Citing Paper and Electronic sources (MLA style)
• Guide: Citing Electronic Sources (multiple resources)
• Lexicographic: World Wide Words (English)
• List: Acronyms and Abbreviations--Search Form
• Quotations: Barlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)   (revised)  
• Quotations: Spanoudis's Quotation Collection
• Quotations: Michael Moncur's Quotation Page
• Thesaurus: ROGET's Thesaurus Lookup
• Thesaurus: ROGET's Thesaurus--Search Form (ARTFL Project)

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• MVRD Virtual Reference Desk - Very comprehensive.
• Ready Reference Collection of the Internet Public Library
• Purdue University's Ready Reference Desk
• Ready Reference Collection of the Winsor School (Boston)   (revised)  
• The Library of Congress
• UNIX Reference Desk

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• Purdue Online Writing Lab - A collection of writing-related resources on the Web.
• LISTSERV discussion groups - references all LISTSERV discussion groups on the Internet.   (revised)  

• Web Developer's Virtual Library - a comprehensive site on Web page development.
• Creating Web Pages - Netscape's useful list of links on authoring Web documents, advanced features, and tools.
• A Beginner's Guide to HTML - the most popular online guide
• The Bare Bones Guide to HTML - excellent, includes HTML 3.2
• HTML Workshop - MTSU's "quickie" tutorial
• The Compendium of HTML Elements - wonderful resource
• HTML Quick Reference Guide
• HTML Special Characters (ISO8859-1 table)
• HTML 2.0 Standard (RFC 1866)
• HTML 3.2 Standard
• HTML Colorization Page
• HTML Color Chart   (revised)  
• Marianne's Color codes
• Webreference - An online magazine and reference source
• Creating HTML documents
• HTML Converters and Editors
• List of HTML References and Resources

• LaTeX WWW homepage
• (La)TeX Navigator
• WWW interface to the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network
• Online help on (Plain) TeX
• Online help on LaTeX
  
  
• LyX - a word processor front-end for LaTeX
  
  
• All About LaTeX2HTML
• Xy-pic - a package for typesetting graphs and diagrams

• Online help on BibTeX
• BibTeX Format
• BibTeX Tools - A list of programs that manage BibTeX files.

• Advice on Research and Writing
  - A collection of advice about how to do research and how to communicate effectively (primarily for computer scientists)
• How to Have Your Abstract Rejected - by Mary-Claire van Leunen and Richard Lipton
• Thoughts on the Structure of CS Dissertations - by Spencer Rugaber
• Networking on the Network - by Phil Agre
• Survival in the Academy - advice from the IU Computer Science Department
• The UVic Writer's Guide

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