Link   Description
Organizations
   National Council of Teachers of English Parent Organization
   Writing Programs Administrators Central Source of Firstyear Writing Concerns
Bibliographies
   Compile Search Engine Search for Rhet/comp publications--by Rich Haswell and Glen Blalock
References/Specialized Searches
   Library of Congress Direct Link to the Library of Congress Reference
   Library of Congress Library of Congress Main Page
   Government Printing Office Government documents
   LibrarySpot Reference library of encyclopedias, maps, almanacs, dictionaries, etc. Information is easy to find
   Bartleby References Encyclopedias, Gray's Anatomy, Bible, Shakespeare, etc.
   English Terms Terms for the Postmodernly Hip
   Science Exploratorium All-around GREAT link to science,art, and human perception
   Merriam-Webster Dictionary Standard Dictionary
   CIA Factbook World Factbook by Central Intelligence Agency
   Encyclopedia Britannica Educator's on-line version
   Voice of the Shuttle Resources for Humanities Research--1st-class
   All About Music Music, Artists, Musical stats
   Search All the Web Includes Napster and ftp searches
   Gateway for magazines, etc. Have a library card bar-code number
   BrightPlanet Search Engine Cache of 38,000 search sites
   Online Chart of What Searches What John December's chart
   Direct Search Gary Price's extensive page of links to searchable databases
   Source for Info on Laws Directory of legal information
   Directory of all Gov. Info Frontpage to all government web resources
   What most searches miss Try this if you miss everywhere else
   Internet Scout Project UW Madison hawks' annotated web sites
   Librarian's Internet Guide to the Web Resources selected and annotated by librarians
   News Sources Online news sources
   Map Quest Maps for North America
   Zip Codes Easy Zip code access
   When You Want To Buy Product Prices
Statistics
   Citizens for Tax Justice Source to discover who benefits from what tax proposals (like Bush's)
   Bureau of Labor Statistics Good place to find stats on wages and occupation
   (and unequal income distribution)
   Congressional Budget Office Government Compiled Statistics.
   Look at Historical Effective Tax Rates.
   Census Bureau Home for U.S. Census Bureau
   Faculty Characteristics--Postsecondary Characteristics, Work Activities, and Compensation of Faculty and Instructional Staff in Postsecondary Institutions
   National Center for Public Policy and
   Higher Education
Great statistics. Look especially at Measuring up 2000--a state-by-state report card on higher education.
Rhetoric and Composition: General
   What's an English Major of Rhetoric Tom Miller's analysis, history, and links
   Gideon Burton's On-Line Encyclopedia of Rhetoric An excellent guide to the terms and figures of classical and renaissance Rhetoric
   Stephen's Guide to Logical Fallacies Easy-to-use guide to fallacies
   RhetComp.com Matt Levy's Killer Site!
   Rhetoric: source pages Some great links on rhetoric. Some are out of date
   CCCC Bibliography Long-awaited online Bibliography
   Bibliography for Rhetoric, Composition,
  and Professional Writing
Updated Bibliography. Emphasis on Tech & Professional Writing. Downloadable file.
   Rhetoric Resources Links, Definitions. Student Essays. Look at this!
   Traci's List of Ten Traci Gardner's outpouring of ideas
   I-Search Papers Some examples of I-Search Papers (See Ken Macrorie
   Website for Writing in the Disciplines Examples and advice for writing in different disciplines
   Glossary of terms with examples Great way to update your rhetorical vocabulary
   Classical Rhetoric (CMU) Carnegie Mellon's library of classical rhetoric. Of note is hypertexted Aristotle's Rhetoric
   Aristotle: Hypertext Rhetoric Lee Honeycutt's Version
   CWRL U of T's Electronic Journal of Computer Writing, Rhetoric, and Literature
   Mark Gellis's page One of the great sites for rhetoric and comp webpage addresses
   Resources from Arizona State's Writing Program Excellent. Style Guides, Web-based Research, References
   Chris Tusa's Links List of overall references. Arranged in categories
   Workshop on Plagiarism For St. Martins by Nick Carbone
   WPA List of Writing Programs Maintained by Gordon Thomas
   Another Great List of Writing Programs World Wide Maintained by David Hoover
   List of Writing Programs Web page addresses
   On Line Writing Placement: MIT Description of program and online placement procedure
   OnOther Information of MIT Online Requirement Description of part of their program
   Adjunct Nation Web Page--Source for non-tenure track teachers. Good job listing
   Report on Staffing Practices Look for "Fall 1999 Staffing Survey
   Summary of the MLA Fall 1999 Staffing Survey Information on employment issues for full and part time teachers
Genres of Writing
On-line Writing Labs
Grammar, Conventions, & Style
   Elements of Style E.B. White's immortal style primer
   Grammar Guide References and Comments on Grammar Sites
   Grammar & Usage for the Non-expert Tina Blue's Website
   Grammar Guide Good site for learning about grammar
   Guide to Electronic Documentation Columbia Guide--Janice Walker & Todd Taylor. Excellent.
   MLA--Formatting Program NoodleBib allows students to create and edit their own MLA-style bibliographies. References are given proper MLA-style formatting and punctuation. The finished bibliography can be sent by e-mail to other people, saved as an RTF document that can be opened in Word, or published as a Web page. NoodleQuest provides Web search strategy assistance by leading students through a series of twelve short questions designed to lead them to the best search engines for their needs.
   Citing Electronic Sources Easy-to-read guide from Dartmouth College
Writing Across The Curriculum
   Web site of the University of Hawaii at Manao Provides all kinds of ideas, course descriptions, actual syllabi of WI course with faculty rationale; guaranteed to generate all kinds of ideas
   University of Hawaii at Manoa II Focus on assessment procedures and feedback.
   Boise State University in Idaho for “Web Works” Online, interdisciplinary faculty resource which invites us to feel free to print or download
   Online Writing Center Consortium Another great source of information and people to connect to. The exemplary work of Mike Palmquist.
   Colorado State WAC Clearing House Terrific page of links to what others are doing--we can just adapt it to the bayous and swamps
   Purdue Writing Center WAC and WID handouts WAC and WID handouts at the site of the Mother of all OWLs (Online Writing Labs), Mickey Harris’ Purdue Writing Center; lots of useful student handouts, too
Firstyear Writing: Subject Links
   Arts & Letters Daily Links to current articles from Arts & Letters Daily
   Career Investigation Chris Tusa's directions for students to investigate career choices
   ACLU: Hot Button Issues Discussions of Button Issues that could be the subject of any class investigation
Portfolios
   Search for Portfolio Information AAHE Database
   Portfolio Information Links and samples written, collected, and supplied by Chris Tusa
   Webfolios Donna Reis' introduction and templates for webfolios--student samples
Web-Writing Links
   Anthony's Instructions webpage development tutorials (brief but complete step-by-steps)
   HTML Goodies A place to get information on how to write HTML code and java script
   Learning HTML Another place to learn how to write HTML code and so on. Good links.
   Builder.Com All you'll ever need to know about building web pages
   Barry's Clip Art One of the first and most expansive sources for clip art
   Free Clip Art Another source for Images
   W3C CSS webpage List of CSS1 references and style sheet tools
   WDG's reference cite Look for CSSCheck to check style sheets for errors
Literary Studies
   Folklore, Myths, & Legends Links to folk stories, myths, and legends
   Critical Inquiry Journal: An inquiry into critical inquiry
Working Class Studies
   Center for Working Class Studies Youngstown State--contains good links and bibliographies on Working Class Studies
   Bibliography on Class/Race/Ethnicity/Stress Barbara Gray's Bibliography--Youngstown State University
   Carnegie Categories Categories & lists of educational institutions
   Social class Resources Multiple links to social class resources
   Social class Bibliography Albert Benschop's bibliography on social class
   My Bibliography My bibliography of social class articles and books
   Outline of a Definition of Social Class Alfred Benschop's Transformational Class Analysis
  National Violence Index Research on sources of violence in the U.S.
  The Nation's Directory of Social Issue Links Directory of Internet based information or resources
  Pierre Bourdieu Links to work by and discussions of Bourdieu
  Pierre Bourdieu Bibliography of works in English by Bourdieu
  Cheryl Cline's Working Class Website Links to other Working Class webs and issues
  Executive Pay AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch--this is what they make
  They Rule These are the rulers of our country (well, more or less)--study the connections
  4 C's Presentation Class, Classrooms, and Community Base: How does who we are and where we teach influence what we teach? (some presentations on class and pedagogy)
Critical Thinking
  WPA discussion of Critical Thinking Mostly responses to a question I posed to WPA-l members
Grant Sites
  NEH Grants Lists of NEH grants and application information
Art Galleries