WWW Writing Resources
If you'd like to peruse the University of Wisconsin's online catalog MADCAT, choose this link and follow instructions. If you're in La Crosse, you can go directly to the Murphy Library catalog, which continues to improve its interface and online services .
If you're looking to purchase a rare used book (perhaps the 1944 edition of Clement Wood's rhyming dictionary because you heard it's the one Stephen Sondheim uses), Advanced Book Exchange or Bibliofind can probably help you.
Online Writing Laboratories (OWLs) are another important resource, especially for those who are either taking or teaching English at the college level.
Important reference resources for those interested in the written (or online) word:
The 12-volume OED (Oxford English Dictionary) is the world's greatest dictionary. The print version is very expensive, but you can look up words FREE on their website. To see how fabulous this resource is, enter "jeopardy" in the "Find Word" box and see how the word has developed during the past 800 years.
Bartleby.com is a storehouse of many useful reference books, including the online American Heritage Dictionary and the Columbia Encyclopedia. Although these resources shouldn't take the place of careful library research, they may help you in a pinch late at night when the library is closed.
The AtlanticOnline is, unsurprisingly, the online version of Atlantic Monthly.
Project Muse at Johns Hopkins University provides full-text articles from hundreds of journals.
Finally, when you need the perfect Yogi ("It ain't over till it's over") Berra quotation, there's a Web site to help you. Happy hunting!