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 Jul 24 2006, 02:51 PM
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Official Singer of the Sorting Hat Song  Posts: 6,605 Joined: 3:12pm July 22, 2005 Location: Lost in Hermione's beaded bag    |
Is the URL for Free Mind okay? I can't load it.
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Jul 24 2006, 02:58 PM
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Disgruntled House-Elf at The Leaky Cauldron Posts: 408 Joined: 3:22pm August 10, 2005 Location: Hermione's handbag |
The link is bad but the url is correct. If you copy it and paste it into your address line it will work.
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Jul 24 2006, 03:48 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 50 Joined: 10:38pm March 2, 2006 Location: DC Metro area (Northern Virginia) |
QUOTE(mlwl @ Feb 12 2006, 06:21 PM) [snapback]679199[/snapback] *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.  If you have a college in your area, check out the college library as well. Often they will have more scholarly resources than general public libraries. And don't forget, most public libraries (and college libraries) can "borrow" resources from other libraries, this is called "interlibrary loans". It was free in the past, but with increases in shipping cost, they may charge a small fee to subsidize that now. Inquire at your reference desk. I'm big on the MLA reference searches myself. They are the mainstay of anyone writing literary criticism or doing pop culture work. And I think one of the best things for learning appropriate style for writing scholarly papers, aside from writing and getting critiqued, is *reading* a lot of scholarly papers. =Dino= (I'm a computer geek now as my vocation but I was an English major in undergrad and grad school.) |
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Jul 24 2006, 03:54 PM
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Getting Fitted for New Dress Robes Posts: 50 Joined: 10:38pm March 2, 2006 Location: DC Metro area (Northern Virginia) |
QUOTE(Prongs Patronus @ Apr 24 2006, 06:53 AM) [snapback]799026[/snapback] 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! I love Mind Maps myself. Another trick a friend of mine told me about is useful for people who need to "lay hands" on things when organizing. Print out a copy of your draft paper and cut it up with scissors, reassembling like a puzzle. This can work wonders for people who think spatially to help them get their heads around the organization of a paper. =Dino= |
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Jul 25 2006, 04:38 PM
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Assistant Stargazer to Firenze  Posts: 1,092 Joined: 12:37pm July 16, 2005 Location: I want to be a part of it ... New York, New York |
I just found the coolest website called The Phrontistery.
phrontistery FRON-tis-te-ri, n. a thinking-place [Gr phrontisterion from phrontistes a thinker, from phroneein to think; applied by Aristophanes to the school of Socrates] It has all kinds of English language resources and lists of rare words. Great fun for writers! --------------------  I called it - June 2007 |
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Jul 26 2006, 02:30 AM
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Queen of Scribbuliciousness  Posts: 2,526 Joined: 1:00am October 2, 2005 Location: Deathly Hallows is my Rochester, my Romeo, my Heathcliffe... |
Of the same idea is www.etymonline.com which I have to admit to being addicted to myself
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Jul 26 2006, 10:43 AM
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Assistant Stargazer to Firenze Posts: 1,092 Joined: 12:37pm July 16, 2005 Location: I want to be a part of it ... New York, New York |
QUOTE(SeverineSnape @ Jul 26 2006, 07:30 AM) [snapback]894467[/snapback] Well, thanks Severine. Now I'm addicted to that one as well.  And I want to sponsor a word! You can sponsor a word! How cool is that?!
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Nov 7 2006, 03:14 PM
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Flesh-Eating-Slug Catcher Posts: 196 Joined: 10:41pm October 25, 2006 Location: Curled up with a book in the Ravenclaw Common Room. |
QUOTE(SeverineSnape @ Jul 26 2006, 02:30 AM) [snapback]894467[/snapback] That is a great site! I think I'm going to sponsor a word. -------------------- avatar and icon by shmcminn1  |
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Nov 19 2006, 12:51 PM
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Gringotts Goblin Translator Posts: 1,229 Joined: 3:49pm April 21, 2006 Location: South Africa |
QUOTE(Witherwings @ Jul 26 2006, 05:43 PM) [snapback]894734[/snapback] QUOTE(SeverineSnape @ Jul 26 2006, 07:30 AM) [snapback]894467[/snapback] Well, thanks Severine. Now I'm addicted to that one as well. And I want to sponsor a word! You can sponsor a word! How cool is that?!Thanks for the site guys! I've been meaning to write an essay but I'm almost never satisfied with what I come out with... Oh and here is a link to a really nice mythology site if your writing some down that alley. It has everything you could need. This post has been edited by dompeldoris's_favourite: Nov 19 2006, 12:55 PM --------------------  |
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