This page is very useful when you have a paper due that requires MLA style and
citation.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Official site of author Luis J Rodriguez
http://www.luisjrodriguez.com/
Example of a correct MLA-style Works Cited page
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/12/
American Film Institute
All of the '100 Best...' lists are here. Go to "Quick Links" at the top and
then to "100 Best... Lists" - they're there in PDF form for you. You have to
register with this site, but it's no big deal.
http://www.afi.com/
English - Spanish Dictionary
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=welcome
Use Bib Me to quickly and accurately put together an MLA-Style Works Cited
page for your research paper. You have to register with this site, but it's
no big deal.
This way to a simple, done-for-you Works Cited page
Am I Plagiarizing?
This is a quick tutorial designed to keep you out of trouble.
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Vandergrift's 100: A good list of Young Adult authors and titles
http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/professional-development/childlit/YoungAdult/100list.html
The Big Picture: Patrick Goldstein on "the collision of entertainment, media
and pop culture." This is a great source of current information about the
movie business.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/
Movies In Frames
"One movie - four frames. That's it."
Fun.
http://moviesinframes.tumblr.com/
Albuquerque Public Library System
Do you have a current library card? You have Internet access, so get the
number off your card, and order up some books. They'll send them quickly to
the branch that's most convenient to you.
IT'S FREE, SO WHY NOT UTILIZE THIS GREAT RESOURCE?
Hmm? Why not?
http://www.cabq.gov/library/
Featured Authors
This takes you deep into the NY Times Book section, and features articles on
lots of the serious writers from the last 50 years or so.
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/books/books-featured-authors-archive.html
Reading Rants, a website featuring out of the ordinary booklists for teens,has
been an online presence since 1998. Written by Jennifer Hubert and designed by
Andrew Mutch, Reading Rants has
become a popular book review source for teenagers as well as their grown-ups.
http://www.readingrants.org/
The official Sherman Alexie site
http://www.fallsapart.com/
Arts & Letters Daily - "ideas, criticism, debate."
This site is amazing! It contains links to hundreds of magazines, blogs and
newspapers, among other things.
http://www.aldaily.com/
Poets.org
This site is enormous!
http://www.poets.org/
The "This I Believe" homepage. There are hundreds of examples of
'TIB' essays here, some in audio versions.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4538138
Movie Review Intelligence "A professional standard for measuring and
understanding reviews."
http://moviereviewintelligence.com/index.aspx?
Film Noir: an introduction
http://www.filmsite.org/filmnoir.html
The homepage for "The Wire." In my opinion, probably the best show ever on TV.
http://www.hbo.com/thewire/
A Poem a Day For American High Schools
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/
David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) was one of my favorite writers.
R.I.P.
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/david_foster_wallace/index.html
The Internet Movie Database:
the definitive source of movie information.
http://www.imdb.com/
Author interviews and readings:
Lots of cool audio here - it's story time!
http://www.nytimes.com/ref/books/books-audio-archive.html
The Internet Movie SCRIPT Database
Cut and paste that cool dialogue from your favorite movie.
http://www.imsdb.com/
Index of Specialized Search Engines
(lots of resources here)
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/specialized.html
The New York Times is free online (with limited use), so stay informed.
Probably still the finest American newspaper.
http://www.nytimes.com/
The New Yorker Magazine online. The New Yorker is still one of the best
sources for new short fiction and poetry.
http://www.newyorker.com/
National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/
The Simpsons Archive
"D'oh!"
http://snpp.com/
Reference - Dictionary
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary.htm
Rhyming Dictionary
http://www.rhymezone.com/
News from CNN's angle. Ignorance of your culture is not acceptable.
http://www.cnn.com/
A Dictionary of Quotations
http://www.bartleby.com/bartlett
This is a book list for you if you're all about the rock thing.
http://www.readingrants.org/category/deadheads-and-mosh-pits/
Here's a book list called Historical Fiction for Hipsters.
http://www.readingrants.org/category/historical-fiction-for-hipsters/
Albuquerque's Guild Cinema. Support independent film (and theaters).
http://guildcinema.com/
Metacritic. "We deal with criticism."
http://www.metacritic.com/
Garfield Minus Garfield
http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/