General Resources

http://www.ceoexpress.com
Great collection of resources for all aspects of business.

Dictionaries 

http://nhd.heinle.com 
"This online dictionary contains over 40,000 entries and is based on the best selling Newbury House Dictionary of American English." 

http://www.allwords.com 
Online Dictionary that gives definitions, translates words into five different languages, and lets you listen to word pronunciation. 

http://www.cup.cam.ac.uk/elt/dictionary  
Allows you to search four different online dictionaries, including Cambridge International Dictionary of English, Cambridge Dictionary of American English, Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs or Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms. 

http://ukdb.web.aol.com/oup  
Online version of the New Oxford Dictionary of English (UK). 

http://www.oed.com  
The online version of the seminal dictionary of the English language, the Oxford English Dictionary. 

http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/diction.html  
Web of Online Dictionaries. Includes an index of 100s of online dictionaries in a variety of languages. Dictionary (subscription)

Dictionary and Thesaurus Combinations 

http://www.m-w.com/home.htm  
Web site by Merriam-Webster that features a dictionary and thesaurus.

http://www.wordsmyth.net  
American English dictionary and thesaurus. 

http://websters.searchopolis.com  
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. 

http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn  
"WordNet® is an on-line lexical reference system whose design is inspired by current psycholinguistic theories of human lexical memory." Developed by Princeton University. 

http://www.thesaurus.com  
http://www.dictionary.com  
Related sites that include links to writers' resources, games, word information, and more. 


Encyclopedias

http://www.encyclopedia.com  
More than 14,000 articles searchable by keyword or phrase.

http://www.eb.com:180  
The online version of Encyclopedia Britannica. 

http://encarta.msn.com  
Microsoft's online encyclopedia with over 16,000 free articles and over 42,000 with a subscription. 

http://www.pantheon.org/mythica  
Encyclopedia Mythica, an online encyclopedia for mythology, legend and folklore. 


Biographical Dictionaries

http://www.biography.com  
Web site based on the popular A&E Biography series. Includes biographies of over 25,000 personalities. 

http://www.s9.com/biography  
"This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. The dictionary can be searched by birth years, death years, positions held, professions, literary and artistic works, achievements, and other keywords."

Quotations 

http://www.quoteworld.org  
Over 13,000 quotes, in association with Amazon.com.

http://www.geocities.com/~spanoudi/quote.html  
"The collections presented here contain thousands of quotations, old and new, familiar and obscure, humorous and pompous, ironic and maybe even a little profound. This site is intended as a place for enjoyment, enlightenment, exploration and general reference." 

http://www.quoteland.com  
"Find quotations on anything; identify quotations by anyone." Includes a Table of Contents. 

http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/index.html  
"This page was originally developed as a catalog of Quotation resources on the Internet; it has since evolved into a large-scale Quotation site with many original resources." Includes a quote search. 

http://life.bio.sunysb.edu/ee/msr/quote.html  
Personal quote page conveniently divided into topics. 

http://www.aphids.com/quotes/index.shtml  
"The Quotations Archive is a comprehensive, searchable database of general purpose quotations. Visitors to the web site can browse through quotations by subject, alphabetically by author, or they can use the search engine to generate a listing of quotations containing selected keywords or by a certain author." 


Rhyming Dictionaries

http://www.togethersoftware.com/search.asp  
The Word Together Rhyming Dictionary. 

http://www.link.cs.cmu.edu/lexfn  
The Lexical FreeNet connected thesaurus that includes the Semantic Rhyming Dictionary among other ways to connect words. 

http://www.writeexpress.com/online.html  
WriteExpress Online Rhyming Dictionary capable of searching for end rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double rhymes, beginning rhymes, and first syllable rhymes. 

References and Writing Help

http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html  
William Strunk's classic, The Elements of Style. 

http://acssun.pstcc.cc.tn.us/~ksnorris/tools/rules.html  
39 tips by Professor Ralph Cohen. 

http://www.junketstudies.com/rulesofw/frules.html  
11 rules of writing. 

http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm  
A Guide to Grammar and Writing. 

http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.cfm  
Online English Grammar: a guide searchable through a table of contents. 

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing  
Advice on grammar and style from Jack Lynch, an English professor at Rutgers University. 

http://www.pipeline.com/~sfauthor/learn.html  
Site with links and reviews of sites, books, and magazines that help authors write. 

http://www.teleport.com/~bjscript  
Site includes essays on dramatic writing. 

http://jade.ccccd.edu/cobb/sentences.html  
A web site titled Variety in Sentence Structure. 

http://www.webgrammar.com  
A site devoted to entirely to grammar. 

http://www.theslot.com  
A newspaper copyeditor built this site, so pay attention. 


Software

http://writersstore.com  
Online store where you can choose from an extensive list of screenwriting, story development and reference software 

http://www.novalearn.com  
Writers' online resource center which features software reviews and shareware (free downloads) 

http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000G77  
Screenwrite Screenplay Formatter v6/21/97
Writes movies in WordPerfect. Shareware: Free to try, $60 if you decide to keep it. 

http://scriptware.com  
The Journal of the Writers Guild of America West said, "Scriptware is the best overall program for scriptwriters on the market today. 

http://www.angelfire.com/ny/writesoftware  
A Guide to the Best Writer's Software for Every Kind of Writing (from screenwriting and novel writing to resume writing and speech writing and every kind in between) 

http://www.novalearn.com/dp  
Software Dreampack for writers
Dreampack for Writers is a collection of 57 labor-saving and recreational programs that help writers organize, work, play, learn, and get the most from their PC 

Copyright Information 

http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright  
The U.S. Copyright Office home page. 

http://www.rbs2.com/copyr.htm  
An essay on U.S. Copyright laws. 

http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/comm106/106copy.html  
Copyright basics from the American Bar Association.