The links below are organized around the three communities that are at the heart of the Longman Handbook.

• NASA’s Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization
  An online resource especially aimed at technical writers andeditors.
  

• Virtual Community Web Site
  This sitefeatures the complete text of Howard Rheingold's best-selling The VirtualCommunity. The site explains how the Web and other new technologies havechanged "the rules of community."
  

• Communitarian Web Site.
  Web Excerpt:"The Communitarian Network is a coalition of individuals and organizationswho have come together to shore up the moral, social, and politicalenvironment. We are a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, international association.We believe that individual liberties depend upon the bolstering of thefoundations of civil society: our families, schools, and neighborhoods. Itis through these institutions that we acquire a sense of our personal andcivic responsibilities, an appreciation of our rights and the rights ofothers, and a commitment to the welfare of the community and its members."

  LINKS TO THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY

  The following Web sites are focused on unique features of the academiccommunity, including critical thinking Web sites, online writing centers,and other sites:
  

• The UniGuide Academic Guide to the Internet.
  Web Excerpt: "The UniGuide Academic Guide to the Internet is theInternet guide created especially for the higher education community. Itsgoal is to develop the primary Internet resource of and for the research andacademic community."
  

• Web site for community of writers.
  WebExcerpt: "The Online Writery is an ever-evolving community of writers whooffer a relaxing and open environment in which to discuss writing in anyform. We offer suggestions and assistance with writing as well as forums forwriters to meet one another and discuss ideas."
  

• Online Writing Lab
  Well-known online writing lab (OWL) with linksand resources on academic writing of all kinds.
  

• Center for Critical Thinking Web Site
  Center for Critical Thinking Web Site,including information on this important academic focus, its history, andacademic practice.
  

• Stephen's Guide to Logical Fallacies Web Site
  Stephen's Guide to LogicalFallacies Web Site, offering comprehensive information exploring thisimportant aspect of academic discourse.
  

• Roget's Online Thesaurus
  Roget's Online Thesaurus to help negotiateacademic discourse.

  LINKS TO THE WORKPLACE COMMUNITY

  
  

• Brainstorms: Howard Rheingold
  Brainstorms: An "experiment in communityfuturism" from Howard Rheingold.
  

• Editorial Service
  Entire text of a bookletwritten for a Sherry Roberts' business writing workshop. Topics addressedinclude memos, reports, and other representative issues for writers in the workplace community.

  LINKS TO THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY

  
  

• Amnesty International
  
  

• Greenpeace
  
  

• Rainforest Action Network
  
  

• World Wildlife Fund
  
  

• Democratic National Committee
  
  

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