In This Issue Email a friend		Volume II Issue 9 January 2000
	Linkage: Quality Creative Resources Online from Michael Nicolella This Linkage installment features web pages that will be useful throughout the new year. I have compiled this index with an emphasis on quality, usability, and comprehensiveness. Diverse contents and thorough standards characterize each of these sites, all with related links that may be useful to you as well. We encourage you to bookmark this page, and suggest that you print it and keep it at hand, for research or for an idle moment when you'd like to hit the web at a good site. Categories: Writing and Composition Reference Literature Visual Art Highlights from Previous Newsletters   Writing and Composition Reference The Biographical Dictionary Covers 28,000 people from the ancients to contemporary times http://www.s9.com/biography/ Bartleby.com: Great Books Online The Strunk & White style manual, Emily Post's Etiquette, Bartlett's Quotations, and many important works of literature in hypertext. http://www.bartleby.com/sv/welcome.html Roget's Thesaurus Also features a Dictionary, Fun and Games, and a European Language Translator that handles complete sentences and even non sequiturs. http://www.thesaurus.com/ Merriam-Webster Online With a Dictionary, a Thesaurus, good word games and much of interest regarding language in general. http://www.m-w.com/ The Guide to Grammar and Writing A comprehensive guide for grammar and writing, with examples, advice, and suggestions; also recommending grammar books, online resources, and quotations. http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm Linked from within this webster site, these other web pages are especially notable: Proofreading Symbols and Abbreviations: http://webster.commnet.edu/writing/symbols.htm Reference Guide to Grammar - A Handbook of English as a Second Language http://www.acusysinc.com/English/ Screenplay Format http://www.teleport.com/~cdeemer/Format.html Writing & Teaching Guides, a project of Colorado State University http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/WritingCenter/reference.htm   Literature Key Sites on American Literature An enormous index sponsored by the U.S. Government, with links to locations where you can read important literature in hypertext. A sampling found John Cage, Native American Authors, Herman Melville, and elementary education resources. All of the sites that I viewed were not-for-profit and carried no advertising. http://www.usia.gov/products/pubs/oal/amlitweb.htm   The American Library Association's Booklist Reviews of the latest books and electronic media http://www.ala.org/booklist/index.html  The Academy of American Poets Poets' contact listings, calendar of events, historical exhibits http://www.poets.org/ The Online Books Page 10,000+ listings, banned books, detailed catalogue criteria http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/   Visual Art Artist's Rights Society Rights and protection services for visual artists http://www.arsny.com  Aid to Artisans Economic and social services for artisans http://www.aid2artisans.org/ International Children's Art Foundation In the service of children's art http://www.icaf.org/   Previous Newsletters The Cold War International History Project The project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. From Linkage: A Travelogue, Issue 6, by Michael Nicolella http://cwihp.si.edu/default.htm   The American Memory Project Part of the Library of Congress, containing a wealth of information and archives. From Back To The Archives, Issue 2, by Anne M Carley http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.htm l   The Vatican Library Digital replicas of selected manuscripts from the Vatican Library, an extraordinary repository for more than 150,000 manuscripts, including many of the world's rarest books and documents. From Back To The Archives, Issue 2, by Anne M Carley http://www-4.ibm.com/software/is/dig-lib/vatican/vatican.html   Please keep in mind these are my personal selections, not endorsements by the Newsletter or by me. The Newsletter wants to provide as many such resources as possible for our online community, and your suggestions and links are both welcomed enthusiastically. MGN.	Arts4All, Ltd.
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