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WRITING GUIDES

• Writing guides
• Citation style sources
• Plagiarism
• Evaluation of sources
• Thesauri & dictionaries

Academic Writing

The CCU Writing Lab is an excellent on-campus, person-to-person resource for students.

Writing guides

 

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (what to write, organizing, revising, editing, writing informal, thesis, support, exploratory, argumentative essays, and documenting)
• Writer's Guide (Univ of Victoria) (comprehensive and detailed) (writing as a process -- types of essays, getting started, organizing, getting it down, proofreading, common problems; acknowledging sources -- quoting, plagiarism, bibliographies, citations; and how-to information on paragraphs, sentences, words, logic, grammar)
• American Heritage Book of English Usage
• Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation (Straus)
• English Usage and Citation Guide (Best Information on the Net)
• Grammars and Language Courses (English grammars, as well as other languages)
• Guide to Grammar and Style (Lynch)
• Help for Term Paper Writers
• Enhance My Writing Indispensable Writing Resources
• Online English Grammar
• Online Writing Lab OWL Handouts for Students & Teachers (Purdue)
• Punctuation Made Simple
• Strunk's Elements of Style
• Writing Center at RPI Handouts: Types and Styles of Writing
• Writers' Workshop (Univ of Ill. at Ur-Cham)(writing web sites, grammar, citation styles)

 

Citation style sources

• Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism (Duke)(APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian style)
• ...Citation Guide
• Citing Sacred Texts
• Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Assn
• Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (OWL)
• Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format (OWL)
• Writing Center at RPI APA and MLA Style Handouts

 

Plagiarism

 

• All About Plagiarism
• Synthesis:  Using the Work of Others

 

Evaluation of sources

 

• Evaluating Sources of Information (JMU)(chose Module 6)
• Evaluating Web Sites (BRCC)(brief)
• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask (Berkeley)(thorough)

 

Thesauri, dictionaries, quotations

 

• American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Ed
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
• Roget II: The New Thesaurus
• Simpson's Contemporary Quotations and Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
• YourDictionary.com (multi-language dictionaries and grammars, thesauri)