Writers and the Web

Read:

Research and Reference:

Some reference works: Roget's Thesaurus, Strunk's Elements of Style, and Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, Merriam-Webster Dictionary (with built-in thesaurus), and the Hypertext Webster. Other multilanguage translation dictionaries are available at Yahoo: Reference: Dictionaries.
How to cite Internet Sources:
- For a brief guide to Internet resources: MLA Guide
- For a comprehensive guide to citing any electronic resources: Bibliographic Formats for Citing Electronic Information, by Nancy Crane, UVM Libraries
Web Guides: Yahoo, Magellan, Lycos
Global searching: the above plus: AltaVista, Excite, WebCrawler, Starting Point, Net Search

Listservs, newsgroups, webgroups

Diane Kovacs Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences - the comprehensive guide to scholarly discussion groups, this site lets you search for a discussion group by keyword, subject, or name. It describes each group, and provides contact and subscription information.
Rob Kabacoff's collection of "Lists of Lists" - one of the largest, it allows you to search several other collections of lists.
How to set up an e-mail discussion list at UVM
Yahoo! Chat Rooms for Writers