Illinois College Campus Writing Center
Research and Documentation:
- learning to document in MLA or APA format: University of Auckland, New Zealand: http://www.cite.auckland.ac.nz/
- the University of Wisconsin Writing Lab's handouts on research documentation, covering various aspects of MLA, APA, APSA, Chicago/Turabian, and CBE styles of documentation
William Strunk, Jr., Elements of Style - made available by Project Bartleby of Columbia University
OWL: Purdue’s Online Writing Lab: MLA
Formatting: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
Description: Instructions on how to organize, format, and document according
to MLA guidelines. Excellent descriptions of how to create in-text citations and
a Works Cited list.
OWL: Purdue’s Online
Writing Lab: APA Formatting:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
Description: Instructions on how to organize, format, and document according
to APA guidelines. Excellent descriptions of how to create in-text citations and
a References list.
Research and
Documentation Online: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Description: A guide to
researching, developing an argument, documenting sources, and other writing
concerns. By the same author as your Pocket Style Manual!
Other Writing Issues and Writing Centers
International Writing Centers Association web site linking writing centers from around the world.
University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center Handouts: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/
Description: A set of one- to two-page handouts and web pages on all kinds
of writing issues, including such entries as documentation, logical fallacies,
and passive voice. Lots of pages on writing for specific fields and writing
process issues, even procrastination.
OWL: Purdue’s Online
Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html
Description: A site that has nearly all the information a writer
needs. Has pages on grammar, effective writing, types of writing, researching,
and documenting.
Writer's Web - a collection of materials on composing, editing, and documenting made available by the University of Richmond's Writing Center.
Roget's Thesaurus - developed by the ARTFL Project of the University of Chicago
Biography Writing Questions - developed by the Campus Writing Center, Illinois College
Grammar and Punctuation:
Grammar Slammer: http://englishplus.
/grammar/
Description: Covers basic grammar rules and concerns from parts of speech to
style. It does not contain a search feature, but if you know what you need,
you’ll be able to find it here.
Humorous Grammar Rules: http://www.creativeteachingsite.com/humorgrammar.htm
Description: Fun examples of grammar mistakes that can help us understand
why grammar rules make writing clearer and easier to understand.
HyperGrammar: http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/
Description: Another source of common grammar rules that also includes
discussions on writing phrases, clauses, sentences, and paragraphs and writing
concerns such as diction. Has fun interactive quizzes.
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