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The below are links to useful sites for YOU!
All have been summarized and sanitized for your protection.

Basic Tools
Merriam Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Barlet's Familiar Quotations
GoogleThis is my favorite search engine.  Use it well.

Pages with Useful Links
Central Oregon Community College Check this site out for a more exhaustive list of sites.
 

Writing Ideas and Concerns
 The Writing Center This one is particularly good for more business-oriented writing, though there is one handout on article use (both definite and indefinite).
OWL Handouts There are many different handouts on this page, but the ones on writing and planning seem to be the most useful.
 

Mechanics and Grammar
University of North Carolina This site also offers a good deal of other handouts dealing with other areas of writing.
University of Toronto This site deals mostly with noun issues and would be most useful for ESL students.
RPI This site offers handouts on basic punctuation concerns.
Colgate University Clauses, conjunctions, and punctuation are the major concerns of this handout.
UWC's Handout Links  From this site, you can access many handouts about style and mechanics.
Common Errors in English  This site covers a plethora of points and has links to other sites as well
Writer's Handbook There are many handouts as well as ideas to approaching style and mechanics.
Teaching Grammar As the name implies, this site offers a few suggestions on how to approach what is commonly believed to be the most lowly of English-type subjects.
 
 

Computer Assistance
Institut de genie biomedical  This site can help you create computer based quizzes, which may come in handy on those pesky lab days. It's fairly intuitive to use.
Hot Potato  This is free-ware program that will also aid you in creating on-line interactive quizzes. There are a variety of options, and the program can be a lot of fun for both you and your students.

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