EFS 698B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Advanced Graduate Writing
EFS 698B - STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Advanced Graduate Writing
Some Useful Links
EFS 698B Support Pages
USING GOOGLE -- A site under construction to help students use Google as a tool for language support.
ARTICLE SELF-QUIZ DIRECTIONS -- Learn how to use features in MS-Word to make automatic quizzes from papers in your own academic field.
Thesis and Dissertation Support
EFS 698B workshop and links
Thesis and Dissertation website, from a project by Martha Pennington [CURRENTLY OFFLINE--HOPEFULLY BACK SOON]. Here is a useful set of links from it
Dictionaries and Related Aids
WWWebster Dictionary. This is Merriam Webster's online dictionary. It automatically links to a thesaurus as well.
Dictionary.com. This is a commercial site with connections to multiple dictionaries, including entries for technical jargon and English style and usage guides. It's free, but you have to look at their ads.
Babylon. Hyperlinked dictionary application that lets you look up any word on a web page, email, Word document, etc. 30-day free trial, then $19.95/year.
Online Grammar Help
Ruth Vilmi's Grammar Help Page. This site from Ruth Vilmi provides a set of explanations and exercises for specific grammar areas and links to other sources on the web.
Article Usage. This printable page has a reasonable overview of guidelines for proper use of a, an, and the: form John Kohl, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Other Writing Resources