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A+ Research and Writing

Includes a six-step guide to researching and writing a paper: Getting started; Discovering and choosing a topic; Looking for and forming a focus, Gathering information; Preparing to write; Writing the paper.
(Added: 13-Mar-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 97)

Advice on Academic Writing

Guides to preparing written assignments, including planning, organizing, researching, style and editing, grammar and punctuation. Also available are topics on specific types of writing, such as writing book reviews, article critiques, literature reviews, academic proposal, lab reports, writing about physics, history, poetry, etc. Mostly created by the writing instructors at the University of Toronto.
(Added: 4-Feb-2008 / Hits [2010- ]: 72)

Citing Electronic Resources

A listing of guides for citing electronic and Internet sources.
(Added: 3-Jun-1997 / Hits [2010- ]: 94)

Citing Sources

A guideline for citing resources from journals, magazines, books, letters, interviews, online resources, etc. based on APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian styles.
(Added: 17-Mar-2003 / Hits [2010- ]: 116)

Dartmouth Writing Program: Online Writing Materials

Offers online resources on college-level writing skills, classified by materials for students, for faculty, and for writing tutors, and further classified into writing in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences.
(Added: 8-Sep-2005 / Hits [2010- ]: 30)

Elements of Style

A classic handbook of English composition by William Strunk, Jr. It describes the principal requirements of plain English style, rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
(Added: 13-Mar-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 100)

ESC Online Writing Center: Writing Resources

Created by State University of New York, Empire State College faculty. Provides over 150 resources which are divided into sections such as "Academic Writing", "Research Writing", "Critical Reading & Writing", etc.
(Added: 24-Sep-2007 / Hits [2010- ]: 44)

Guide for Writing Research Papers

Based on the 'Modern Language Association Handbook for Writers of Research Papers', 4th edition (1995).
(Added: 13-Mar-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 51)

Guide to Grammar and Style

A miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage. Topics are organized alphabetically.
(Added: 13-Mar-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 47)

Guide to Grammar and Writing

A wonderful collection of advice and resources pertaining to its subject with very useful advice and illustrations on various grammar topics and writing skills. You can also find computer-graded quizzes or search for topics of interest.
(Added: 13-Mar-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 47)

Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism

The University of Alberta Libraries launched this website to help faculty prevent, detect, and report plagiarism. The guide includes links to free and fee-based plagiarism detection services.
(Added: 3-Jan-2002 / Hits [2010- ]: 67)

Harvard College Writing Center: Writing Resources

Provides brief guides to undergraduates on writing papers in different disciplines, as well as other disciplinary writing guides and guides for senior thesis writers on selected areas in Humanities and Social Sciences.
(Added: 13-Apr-2010 / Hits [2010- ]: 44)

Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

A guide to writing college-level assignments and papers. Covered areas include thinking, style, structure, evidence, etc. with examples illustrating the different writing tools and potential pitfalls that students may encounter.
(Added: 9-May-2003 / Hits [2010- ]: 30)

Online Resources for Writers ^[Meta-Site]

An extensive annotated index to some of the best desk reference tools for writing, grammar, etc.
(Added: 13-Mar-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 53)

Online Writing Lab

From self-instructional materials on basic skills to pedagogical resources for teachers of writing across the curriculum. The site grew out of the Purdue Writing Lab's use of e-mail to distribute writing-related handouts. The Web pages now contain some 150 handouts on skills ranging from spelling to punctuation and research citation form.
(Added: 4-Dec-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 40)

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

An interactive writer's guide useful for all writers, from inexperienced to advanced. Provides discussion, activities and step-by-step practice on how to write different types of essays and how to document sources.
(Added: 19-Jan-1998 / Hits [2010- ]: 31)

Research 101

A tutorial to teach students how to conduct research. Produced by University of Washington Libraries.
(Added: 17-Jan-2005 / Hits [2010- ]: 30)

Research and Documentation Online

Information from the print booklet "Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age", by Diana Hacker. Has an extensive annotated list of sources for over 30 disciplines, guidelines for documenting print and online sources, and samples of MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles.
(Added: 26-Mar-2002 / Hits [2010- ]: 43)

Son of Citation Machine

Generates bibliographic citations in MLA and APA format from information entered in a form. Includes templates for books, interviews, Web sites, online forum postings, and articles from magazines, newspapers, print journals, online publications, encyclopedias, etc.
(Added: 6-Feb-2004 / Hits [2010- ]: 65)

UW-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook

Instructional materials on stages of the writing process, types of writings, such as cover letters, business letters, literary analysis, proposals, dissertations, reviews, or scientific reports, including common grammar and punctuation errors, and citing references.
(Added: 8-Sep-2005 / Hits [2010- ]: 27)

Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation

Intended for Master's or Ph.D. candidates, this is a guide to the "quasi-political aspects" of the dissertation process. Topics also include selecting a supportive advisory committee, and preparing thesis and dissertation defense.
(Added: 15-Jan-1999 / Hits [2010- ]: 42)

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students

Guidelines to help students and instructors in writing their technical work. Categorized by resources for students and instructors. Includes exercises and samples for common writing, technical presentations, and speaking assignments in engineering and science.
(Added: 20-Nov-2007 / Hits [2010- ]: 56)

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