Writing Resources for Students
Plagiarism
Xavier
University Plagiarism Website
Discusses the need for citation and the definitions of
plagiarism.
Avoiding
Plagiarism
Here you'll find a collection of links from to all sorts of informational
sites about plagiarism.
Writing Guides:
Guide
to Grammar and Writing
Here's all the information you need on all aspects of writing (comprehensive
instruction on sentence level, paragraph level and essay level concerns).
Much of the information can be downloaded in the form of a Power Point
presentation. Also includes samples of business letters, application letters,
resumes and research papers. The site is completely searchable, and as
if that weren't enough, an amazing backlog of grammar questions and answers
is posted. (If you can't find what you need, the site offers a personal
answer to any grammar question you e-mail. Response promised within 1-2
days.)
Paradigm Online Writing
Assistant
An interactive, menu-driven online writer's guide and handbook created
by an English professor at Boise State University
The
University of Victoria's Hypertext Writing Guide
Gives short lessons on writing-related topics with clear introductions
to each topic area. Contains a dictionary of basic literary terms and
common grading abbreviations (such as "AWK").
The
Writer's Web
Created by the writing center at the University of Richmond, this
site offers good "getting started" questions as well as articles
on writing in different disciplines.
Purdue
Online Writing Lab
This online writing center at Purdue University has an amazing library
of 100 handouts on common writing problems.
Writing about Literature:
Links
on Writing About Literature
Compiled by the University of Toronto
Writing
About Literature
Created by the Writing Center at University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Finding and Evaluating Sources:
A
Student's Guide to Research with the WWW
This site offers a tutorial on evaluating web sources and web search
strategies. It is geared for first year college students.
ONLINE!
a reference guide to internet sources
This website is devoted to the physical publication Online! It
gives basic information on Internet citation styles and lists internet
research resources by field of study.
References, Thesauruses, and Dictionaries:
Online
Reference Desk
Great for finding facts on the web.
Bartleby.com
/ Great Books Online
Bartelby.com offers many literature classics online (in their entirety),
for free. This site also offers on-line editions of dictionaries, thesauri,
encyclopedias, quotations and style guides by such language mavens as
Strunk, Mencken and Sapir.