CU web resources.  Academic calendars .  When do classes start/end?  When is fall break?  etc. Final exam schedules .  Technological services for faculty at CU.  Answers to most computing questions -- a good place to start.  Chinook : CU's library system on the web; main page. Search for books by title . Search for books by author . Search for a periodical . Books on reserve . Article access .  We can access the Philosophers Index online through this link.  PLUS : Personal look-up services for students. Classroom resources.  Useful for organizing a course for the first time, seeing what books are being used in particular subjects, comparing course outlines and structures, etc.  Classroom resources (lecture notes, class outlines, handouts) from Episteme links .  Organized by topic.  Courses taught on line , from Episteme links .  Andrew Carpenter's impressive collection of syllabi and handouts.  Course materials links from Philosophy in Cyberspace .  Faculty resources specifically oriented towards critical thinking.  Writing guides specifically focused on philosophy.  How to get Better Grades on your Philosophy Papers , by Martin Young.  "Most students have no idea how to write for a philosophy class. The smart students realize this and try to do something about it. The dumb ones think that what got "A"s in high school will get "A"s in college, and if they get an "F" it's the instructor's fault. This manual is for the smart students." Tips on Writing a Philosophy Paper by Douglas Portmore. Writing a Philosophical Essay , by Ronald de Sousa. Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper   by James Pryor. Philosophy Pays Off: The Practical Value of the Philosophy Degree   by Eric Steinhart. How to Write a Philosophy Paper by Istvan Berkeley. A Brief Guide for Writing Philosophy Papers   by Richard Field. Guide for Writing Papers in Philosophy by Ellen Watson. Paper writing strategies for introductory philosophy courses by Joe Cruz. So You Want To Pass Your First Philosophy Course?   by A.D.Irvine. Plagiarism:  know what it is and how to avoid it. Plagiarism : a short and useful account. Plagiarism and the Art of Skillful Citation .  Excellent resource on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. An online version of the classic work in prose style: Strunk's Elements of Style . Critical thinking guides on the net. Faculty resources specifically oriented towards critical thinking.  Institute for Critical Thinking .  Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project .  The propaganda analysis web site.  The Critical Thinking Community .  Mission Critical/Critical Thinking Web Page .  Logic and Fallacies .  Invalid Logic and the Slippery Stratfordian: The Use of Fallacies in the Shakespeare Authorship Question .  Guides to philosophy on the internet. Björn's Guide to Philosophy . Episteme Links .  Also comprehensive. Ethics Updates . The Feminist Theory Website . Peter Suber's Guide to Philosophy on the Internet . Philosophy in Cyberspace : A comprehensive and well organized philosophy resource.  You can find most anything you're after through this site. Philosophy Now: Philosophy Now is the leading popular philosophy magazine in the USA and Britain.  The website contains a selection of complete articles from the paper magazine plus reports, fiction, news, discussion forums, links and a calendar of philosophical events. The Philosophy Research Base . Tel-Aviv University philosophy links (comprehensive) Electronic reference works in philosophy. Meta-Encyclopedia of Philosophy .  This is a search engine which brings you to links on topics in all of the major internet philosophy encyclopedias/ dictionaries. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy . The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy . The Ism Book . Dictionary of Philosophy of Mind . A dictionary of philosophical terms and names . Guide to the Logical Fallacies . Brian Yoder's Fallacy Zoo . Electronic philosophy texts/ virtual libraries .  Numerous classical texts in philosophy are available free on the web.  Begin a search for the text you want at the Episteme Links site:  http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainText.asp .  This site is easily searchable by the author you happen to be interested in.  David Chalmers maintains a list of contemporary philosophers with online works in philosophy at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/people.html , but see also the other resources available through Episteme Links http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/MainPape.asp . The Perseus project , from Tufts university, is an outstanding resource in ancient philosophy.  Organizations and journals.  Organizations ; compiled by Episteme Links .  Journals ; compiled by Episteme Links .  The American Philosophical Association .  Journals in Logic, Informal Logic, and Rhetoric .  Humor. Philosophy comics (organized by topic).  Philosophical humor ; compiled by Episteme Links .  David Chalmers' humor links.