"Writing is a dreadful labour, yet not so dreadful as idleness" (Thomas Carlyle),

Classic Guides to Better Writing

• R.W. Burchfield. Fowler's Modern English Usage . [Available in the NSU library collection.]
• Edward P.J. Corbett. Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student .
• Bryan A. Garner. Garner's Modern American Usage . [Available in the NSU library collection.]
• George Orwell. “ Politics and the English Language .”
• William Strunk and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. [Available in the NSU library collection.]
• Lynne Truss. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. [Available in the NSU library collection.]
• William Zinsser. On Writing Well . [Available in the NSU library collection.]

Guides to Better Thinking

• Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren. How to Read a Book. [Available in the NSU library collection.]
• D.Q. McInerny. Being Logical: A Guide to Good Thinking.
• Lewis Vaughn. Writing Philosophy: A Student's Guide to Writing Philosophy Essays.
• Nigel Warburton. Philosophy: The Essential Study Guide.

Writing Help

• WWW Dictionary
• Thesaurus, Phrases, and Quotations
• Grammar and Style Notes
• NSU Academic Services
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• MLA
• WAC Clearinghouse
• Bartleby.com

Miscellaneous

• Arts & Letters Daily
• Britannica.com
• Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
• Ask Jeeves
• Essential Links
• Bartlett's Quotations
• Encyclopedia Mythica

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