Writing Tools

Here are some items that might be useful to you in researching and writing on your topics

Basic Skills for Expository Writing

Check out the computer skills that will help you using the computer.

Newspapers & Magazines

Check out a current copy of The Detroit News, The Detroit Free Press, The Ypsilanti Internet Newspaper, or The Ann Arbor News!

Time Magazine has all of the articles from the current issue available on the web.

Reference Books

Need to find a better way to say something's "easy" to do? Use this Thesaurus to look up different words so you can say it's "simple", or "uncomplicated", or "effortless", or even "facile".

Neeeeed to luk up how tu spel a werd? Take a look at the Dictionary.

Important Addresses

It's the duty of your elected representatives in government to know about and consider your point of view on all issues. Let them know what you think:

President of the United States

William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton (D)

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Washington, DC 20500

(202) 456-1111

e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov

Vice-President of the United States

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

Old Executive Office Building

Washington, DC 20501

(202) 456-2326

e-mail: vice-president@whitehouse.gov

U.S. Senators

Carl Levin (D)

459 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

(202) 224-6221

e-mail: senator@levin.senate.gov

Detroit Office

1860 McNamara Federal Building

Detroit, Michigan 48226

(313) 226-6020

 

Spencer Abraham (R)

245 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

(202) 224-4822

e-mail: michigan@abraham.senate.gov

Southfield Office

26222 Telegraph Road, Suite 200

Southfield, Michigan 48034

(810) 350-0510

U.S. Representative

Lynn Rivers (D) 13th District

1116 Longworth House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

(202) 225-6261

e-mail: lrivers@hr.house.gov

Ann Arbor Office

106 East Washington

Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

(313) 741-4210