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post Dec 27 2005, 06:39 AM
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Scribbulus has a Resource Page where the staff tries to compile a list of different sources that may inspire, or serve as references for, our essay writers. If you know of some great inspirational source, on the net or in book or journal format, that we have not yet listed, please post it in this thread!

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post Jan 25 2006, 04:14 PM
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My first suggestion is a link to the Google Scholar & Books sites.  For essays, journal articles, etc, check out scholar.google.com   If you are looking for text from a book, just go to books.google.com  Not every book is there due to copyright laws, but it's a good source.


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post Feb 8 2006, 05:53 PM
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There is a good source here on writing essays.  It takes you through all the steps such as getting your thoughts together and formatting the body of the essay.  It also has links to common puctuation questions.

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QUOTE(mlwl @ Jan. 25 2006,16:14 )
My first suggestion is a link to the Google Scholar & Books sites.  For essays, journal articles, etc, check out scholar.google.com   If you are looking for text from a book, just go to books.google.com  Not every book is there due to copyright laws, but it's a good source.


Great idea.  As a supplement to that, maybe TLC could get a subscription to J-Stor.  Many of the articles in Google Scholar are only available throught that site.  You can only access them if you log onto the site through and affiliated library etc.
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post Feb 12 2006, 06:21 PM
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*scratches head* I use it a lot at home... but maybe I'm just lucky.  There are a TON of great programs like J-Stor, but they are often extremely expensive.  Your best bet to use something like that if you're not enrolled in a college is to go to your public library.  Almost all of them have subscriptions to something like J-Stor, Magill's Literature online, or DISCUS, and it's free to use their computers.  :)


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post Feb 19 2006, 03:18 AM
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I have some good sites for the mythological sources needed for some essays. I refer to them often.

Gareth's is an encyclopaedia on animals, monsters, etc.

This is a link to Bulfinch's Mythology online; a wonderful source for mythology and legends of the Western World.

Here is one of the most impressive source pages on the World Wide Web. The Encyclopedia Mythica is all things mythical and legendary; a tremendous source for readers and writers of Harry Potter- based material.

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Here's a good one on mythical beasts in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Bestiary: Animals in the Middle Ages.


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I'm reading Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts right now, and I highly recommend it both for topic inspiration and useful annotations. Thanks.
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This is a website that will output an MLA formatted bibliography entry based on your input. Easy to use and has tons of different source types.

http://www.easybib.com/

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There is a great resource out there for all the authors having trouble organising their essays and/or footnotes.



A program called Free Mind will do all those things for you and more! I have been testing it, and it works just great!



http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page


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