Graduate Student Resources
Here students can find helpful links to libraries, literary resources on the web, writing and research tools, and other paths to useful information.
Professional Organizations
Graduate Student Caucus of the Modern Language Association
Literary Resources on the Web
Library Resources - superb library resource page (hint: you may want to start here).
NU Library: English Electronic Resources
More Literary Resources from Jack Lynch
Libraries
Northwestern University Library
NUCat
Newberry Library - a wonderful library for old and rare manuscripts, genealogies, and other special collections
Chicago Public Library
Evanston Public Library
Library of Congress (Web Gateway)
Reference Sources
NU Electronic Resource Page
NU Desk Reference Tools - includes OED, Roger's Thesaurus, Britannica Online, Bartlett's Quotations, phone books, and more
My Virtual Reference Desk - Whoa! Somebody did a lot of work on this site! Complete reference and news site.
WWWebster Dictionary
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition - from the University of Chicago's ARTFUL Project
Sources for Writers
The Writing Place
Sources for Readers
ABE (American Book Exchange)
amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
Alibris
half.com
Powell's
Sources for Teachers
Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Humor | Lore
How to be a Graduate Student
Some Modest Advice for Graduate Students
The Sokal Affair (Check out the 1996 controversy over a "hoax" cultural-studies essay by NYU physicist Alan Sokal.)
After the Sokal Affair - A Physicist vs Postmodern Cultural Analysts
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