Writing Resources for Students

• The Writing Lab at Purdue

 https://owl.english.purdue.edu

 The most comprehensive online writing center. This site offers an unusually wide selection of handouts, exercises, and self-tutorials on topics including punctuation basics, resume writing, writing research papers, and documentation across academic disciplines.

•  The University Writing Center at UNC, Chapel Hill

 http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/

 Excellent and extensive resource with handouts supporting all steps in the writing process, as well as information about writing for a wide variety of different disciplines.

• University of Manitoba Academic Learning Centre

 http://umanitoba.ca/student/academiclearning/handouts/handouts.html

 The University of Manitoba's website features a wide selection of handouts to assist with your writing. You can find many helpful handouts, on topics like how to title your essay, how to paraphrase from a source, etc.

• Researching and Documenting Sources (from Purdue University)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/

Purdue's online guide offers useful information and advice as well as links to MLA and APA style guides.

• CSUN's Oviatt Library Research Strategies Guide

https://libguides.csun.edu/

A helpful collection of sites and tips on citation, avoiding plagiarism, and more.

• Writing in the Arts and Sciences at Marquette

http://www.marquette.edu/wac/departmental/DepartmentalReferenceGuide.shtml

A page of tips for students and a checklist for writing research papers in a large number of academic disciplines.

• One Look Dictionary

http://www.onelook.com

This website allows you to use several different dictionaries at the same time.

• APA Tables and Figures from the Purdue OWL

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/19/

You’ll find here guidelines and examples of how to present tables and figures in APA style.

• Plagiarism Overview from the Purdue OWL

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/1/

This page and related links offer an overview of the challenges of avoiding what is commonly called plagiarism or misuse of sources.

• Hamilton College Handouts

http://www.hamilton.edu/writing/writing-resources/writing-center-handouts

 Provides handouts on how to write different kinds of essays.

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

http://www.powa.org

A page that assists in the developmental stages of writing. It offers descriptions of various methods in creating effective structures for essays.

• University of Richmond Writing Center - Writer's Web

 http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html

This site has detailed information on mechanics and other structural issues. It also provides in-depth looks at editing, analysis and writing across disciplines. 

• Developing a Thesis Statement 

http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Thesis.html

The University of Wisconsin Madison’s website offers a step-by-step guide on how to identify your paper’s topic and build your thesis from your topic.

• Developing a Thesis 

http://writingcenter.fas.harvard.edu/pages/developing-thesis

This is another guide to writing a thesis from the Harvard Writing Center. Features extensive written instructions on everything to be considered before writing a thesis.

• Guide to Writing a Basic Essay

http://lklivingston.tripod.com/essay/

A site offering step-by-step site advice on creating a basic essay, from topic selection to finishing touches.

• The Grammar Slammer

http://englishplus.com/grammar/contents.htm

This site provides a no-frills, yet extensive list of grammatical definitions and terms.

• Grammar Bytes

http://www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm

This site offers a unique and refreshing look at grammatical concerns, with helpful illustrations and clear and concise explanations.

• Grammar Girl

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl

This website features a search function. For each grammatical topic (e.g. comma splice) there is a short write-up on suggested ways to fix an error, as well as an explanation on what makes the issue ungrammatical. 

• English Grammar

https://www.englishgrammar.org/

This website offers information on rules of grammar, as well as an extensive collection of lessons, exercises, and tools. 

• Towson University’s Online Writing Support

https://webapps.towson.edu/ows/index.asp

See Towson University’s Online Writing Support for a collection of resources.

• Useful English

http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/

This link provides in-depth explanations and quizzes for a variety of grammar topics.

• Edufind

http://www.edufind.com

See Edufind for a collection of grammar/usage resources, including verbs, relative clauses, determiners (e.g., ‘the’) and punctuation.

• BBC Learning English.

 http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/

This site contains a wealth of multimedia materials tailored to a global audience of English learners. Lessons and resources cover learning from the academic to the every day.

• Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/5/

This is a link to the Purdue OWL and its ESL resources, which are thorough, in-depth and user-friendly.

• English Club

https://www.englishclub.com/

This website is full of resources for both English learners and educators. Includes lessons, activities, and audio files for help with pronunciation. 

• University of Minnesota - Module on articles (‘a/an’ vs. ‘the’)

http://writing.umn.edu/sws/articles/index.html

This is a link to a series of short chapters that guide students on the difficult task of learning to use the articles ‘a/an, the, 0’ in English.

• Useful English

http://usefulenglish.ru/grammar/

This link provides in-depth explanations and quizzes for a variety of grammar topics.