All right, I know it makes no sense to have a links page
and this, but most of what I've gleaned from college thus far is either in terms of term paper resources, or better summed up by other people, ergo...
Literary Resources____________
- The dictionary located at www.dictionary.com has often saved my life (and lots of research time). It culls from several different online dictionaries, so searching can be a definitive breeze (heh!). I think it's up-to-date, too!
- Its sister site is www.thesaurus.com. The format is slightly confusing, and nothing beats the power of omniscient word processing helpers, but it's a place to keep in mind when you're absolutely STUCK.
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, of the immense library book fame, may be found at this site (Columbia University's Bartleby project).
- Altavista's AV Translation Service can really help with, ah, writing foreign language papers. Please note that it does not translate perfectly and can get easily confused. S'great for speeding up the research of occasional phrases and words, though!
- The Collected Works of Shakespeare...save a forest and a half! The page also contains a Shakespeare search engine.
- If you're searching out the living Shakespeare gurus, MIT has created a site that has a message board for each play. Ask away!
- The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce. A welcome substitution for the usual paper citations.
- Strunk and White's Elements of Style.
- The Internet Classics Archive. Housed by MIT, this site contains the e-texts of a great majority of the Greco-Roman authors and a few notable others (i.e. Confucius & co.).
- Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Political Resources____________
- I ditched UCLA and currently am a 3rd year attending UW-Madison. It makes for interesting football games -- par none!
- The 1999 World Factbook, published by the CIA. Disclaimer: lately the world seems to be changing around more than ever. Yay democratic-looking Nigeria and Indonesia!
- Atlantic Monthly's comprehensive website, Altantic Unbound. At the moment, I haven't pawed around this site nearly as much as I should have, but everything seems praiseworthy. The articles are well-written, and range from reviewing The Phantom Menace to political postures--the usual American graffiti. It reminds me of Vanity Fair with fewer ads.
- The website of The Economist. While the design is a bit behind the times, the information provided isn't. Its economic/political surveys of countries are particularly affable and insightful. (And HOLY COW, are subscriptions expensive!)
- I find www.abcnews.com a more than adequate news site...plus, it looks to ESPN for its sports coverage. An appreciable two-fer!