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Books

      Here are various sources and references that I have found useful for proofreading:

The Associated Press Online
Modern Language Association Online
American Psychological Association Online
      ...see APA Style in this regard
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
      ...see the Chicago-Style Quick Citation Guide
The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
The Guide to Grammar and Writing (Capital Community College Foundation)
Tina Blue's Grammar and Usage for the Non-Expert
Merriam-Webster OnLine -- Dictionary and Thesaurus


      Many of these sources are almost universal in nature and scope, but little harm will come from my mentioning them anyway. Besides, I shudder at the (probably true) thought that someone visiting might not be familiar with the above discipline-standard sources.

      The other sources are listed for their ease of use, comprehensive aspirations, or well-targeted material. Unless one is very well-informed of English grammar and syntax, I recommend a thorough perusal; the material superbly filters out areas of relative ignorance.

  My Regular Reading

Here is my typical fare for online perusal:

News:

Economist.com
The Wall Street Journal
BBC News
Zeit Online
The Washington Post
AP Online (the source so nice, I list it twice)

Blogs, Journals, and Other Projects:

The Proceedings of the Friesian School, Fourth Series
Arts & Letters Daily
Mike Huemer's Homepage
James Berardinelli's Reelviews -- Just don't listen to him about Bergman; Det sjunde inseglet is a masterpiece!
The Becker-Posner Blog
EconLog and EconTalk
Cafe Hayek -- and Market Correction
Overcoming Bias

...and when I just can't go on any longer without conservative indoctrination:   Townhall.com

Archives and Encyclopedias:

Encyclopędia Britannica Online
The Internet Classics Archive
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

...and of course, if it even counts, Project Gutenberg

      I also, I must confess, often find myself at Wikipedia . However, I am never there for long -- the errors are just too disheartening. I suspect that is what we call "compassion overload."

  Other Links



Books
Here is some (mostly) academic material of (mostly) exquisite value:

Open Culture -- a tremedous resource of multimedia studies
Academic Earth -- many superb lectures on video
Open Yale Courses
The World Digital Library -- historical primary-source material.
Education Portal
      ...I particularly recommend the information on free courses

The Genographic Project
Worldmapper

...and last, but most entertaining, is...

TV Tropes-- it's not just for geeks (although that certainly helps).

Suggestions and Collaboration Welcome!

Random foliage

    If you have any suggestions -- or a desire to be part of the Web Proofreading Project, please write to currentlyresiding@hotmail.com.