Student Reference Tools

Meriam-Webster Online St. Helena School Library
Dictionary.com Local Public Libraries
Etymological Dictionary New American Bible
Thesaurus Study Guides and Strategies
American Heritage English Usage Elements of Fiction
Sentence Diagramming Elements of Poetry
Guide to Grammar and Writing Glossary of Poetic Terms
Word Central Maps
  National Geographic Map Machine
Rhyme Zone Xpeditions
Anagram Finder Aesop's Fables & Anderson's Fairy Tales
Mr. Shakespeare and the Internet Audible Audio Books
  Bartleby’s Great Books Online
Fiction, non-fiction, and reference source texts online.
Commas
For a quick and easy to understand guide to using commas in American English, see the The Owl at Purdue, a writing guide for students.
BookWire
A huge web site where you can research book awards, read reviews, actually download hundreds (with links to thousands) of entire books—fiction, non-fiction, children’s, public domain, classics by Hans Christian Anderson, Mark Twain, R.L. Stevenson, etc. All free!
Common Errors in English
A good source for keeping your students’ compositions error-free.
Project Gutenberg
The major source of etext transcriptions on the web. Everything from Dante’s Inferno (in Italian or English) to “The Miller’s Daughter” by Emile Zola. All free.
Society for the Preservation of English Language & Literature (SPELL)
A fun organization with a humorous and informative newsletter as well as a Scholarship-Essay Competition for High School Students. Richard Lederer (author of Anguished English) is VP and contributor.