{"id":2847,"date":"2012-05-15T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?p=2847"},"modified":"2012-05-15T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2012-05-15T11:00:16","slug":"my-digital-reference-shelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.confabulatorcafe.com\/?p=2847","title":{"rendered":"My digital reference shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When I was in college — this was back in the Dark Ages, before the Internet — my desk had several reference books I would turn to in times of need. Not surprisingly, I had a dictionary and thesaurus, as well as a worn copy of Strunk & White’s Elements of Style<\/em>. At one point, I also had a Latin dictionary so I could pepper my scholarly papers with pretentious-sounding phrases.<\/p>\n

These days, the Web offers writers a number of reference tools for writing and blogging. Of course, Google<\/a> and Wikipedia<\/a> are my go-to jumping-off points when searching for information.<\/p>\n

I keep several bookmarked for repeated use. Depending on your needs, some of these tools may appeal to you.<\/p>\n