Here are some online writing tools we've collected. Most of these sites offer many other resources as well, and we think they're worth checking out. More will be added from time to time.
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, from Columbia University, New York, USA.
- Cool Word of the Day, originally from Anthony Anderberg and Michael W. Bitz at Dakota State University, but now hosted here at York University.
- Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr., also from Columbia University, New York, USA.
- English Spelling Checker, from Notre Dame Women's College, Kyoto, JAPAN.
- Internet Public Library General Ready Reference, from the Internet Public Library at the University of Michigan. The General Ready Reference section offers links to Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Atlases, as well as a handy online search tool.
- Online Reference Works, from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA.
- Purdue University Writing Lab, from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
- Roget's Thesaurus, from the ARTFL Project, University of Chicago.
- LibraryNet, from Canada's SchoolNet.
- The King's English (2nd. ed.) by H. W. Fowler, also from Columbia University, New York, USA.
- WordNet Vocabulary Helper, also from Notre Dame Women's College, Kyoto, JAPAN.
- Webster's Dictionary
- CBC for Kids
- Education Place, from Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Poetry Express
- Poetry with Jean, from Writing with Writers, Scholastic Inc.
- Stationary, from PrimaryGames.com
- Biography Maker, from Bellingham Public Schools, Bellingham, WA.
- Wacky web tales, Education Place, Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Scholastic...write a riddle, from Scholastic Inc.
- Writer's Window, from English Online, fully resourced English teaching resources for English teachers. Developed by UNITEC Institute of Technology and funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.


