General Education Department

STAFF

HELPFUL WEB LINKS

General Interest/Reference

• Snopes.com - http://www.snopes.com/ - A reference page for urban legends and various email hoaxes.
• Librarians Index to the Internet - http://lii.org/ - A list of informative web sites you can trust.
• Digital Librarian - http://www.digital-librarian.com/ - A librarian's choice of the best of the Web
• Infomine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections - http://infomine.ucr.edu/ - An inclusive database of academic resources

English

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ -A comprehensive collection of English and writing resources
• EasyBib -http://www.easybib.com/ - Free automatic bibliography composer
• Folger Shakespeare Library - http://www.folger.edu/ - Dedicated to advancing knowledge and the arts, site is part of a world-class research center on Shakespeare and on the early modern age in the West
• Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier - http://www.chicagoshakes.com/ - Site provides a listing of theater presentations and other information

English as a Second Language

• Dave's ESL Café - http://www.eslcafe.com-/ An Internet meeting place for ESL/EFL students and teachers

Career Development:

• The Keirsey Site - http://www.keirsey.com/ - A personality type generator
• Collegegrad - http://www.collegegrad.com/ - A comprehensive site for the soon-to-be and the fresh college graduate
• The Riley Guide - http://www.rileyguide.com/ - Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet
• Quintcareers.com-resumes - http://www.quintcareers.com/interview_question_database/ - Job Interview Questions Database for Job-Seekers
• Virtual Online Interviews - http://www.interviewmonster.com/ and http://www.tools.monster.com/ - Tools to help with interviewing skills

Psychology:

• American Psychological Association - http://www.apa.org/ - Association web page providing numerous resources and information
• Psywww - http://www.psyww.com/ - A collection of psychology web pages
• Encyclopedia of Psychology - http://www.psychology.org/ - A resourced covering a wide variety of issues for those interested in psychology
• Today in the History of Psychology - http://www.cwu.edu/~warren/today.html - A database of topics provided by Central Washington University
• National Institute of Mental Health - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ - Web page of a government organization that is dedicated to reducing the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior
• Personality Theories - http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/perscontents.html - Dr. C. George Boeree of Shippensburg University discusses a variety of psychological theories and the people behind the theories.

Specialized Research Sites:

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development --Teaching and Learning - ascd.org
• American Educational Research Association)--Education research - aera.org
• Modern Language Association--research writing and literature - mla.org
• National Council of Teachers of English--Writing and Literature - ncte.org