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Resources For Writing

Our writing instructors have prepared a series of handouts for students to use as references to improve their writing in a variety of areas:

• General Writing Tips
• The Writing Process
• Self-Reflection Writing Blog Post
• Writing an Essay
• Writing a Research Paper

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Purdue Online Writing Lab

Writing Lab

The award-winning Purdue Writing Lab has resources for writing, research, grammar, mechanics, style guides, ESL, job search, and professional writing activities.  Search their databases for guidelines, review, and practice materials.

• Tips for Writing in North American Colleges
• Research and Citation

Research Materials

• Evans Library Research Guides
• Purdue Online Writing Lab MLA Format
• Integrating Sources into Research Papers
• Understanding MLA Style 8th Edition
• Template for Creating MLA 8th Edition Works Cited

Other Grammar Resources

• English Grammar 101
  For the individual seeking essential grammar instruction, site offers free online review and practice materials.
• Grammar Girl: Quick and Dirty Tricks
  Mignon Fogarty gives quick lessons in grammar issues with humorous commentary. 
• Sentence Diagramming
  To view the intricacies of how sentences work, sentence diagramming shows graphical relationships.

Useful Writing Guides

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk & E. B. White
  This is the classic style manual for strong English writing.
• They Say, I Say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein
  These sites provide templates  for integrating resources, quotations, and other source information into an academic paper with appropriate signal words.  Graff explains the academic conventions for integrating sources into research projects.