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This page provides a great list of resources for
- students who need help writing papers in all subjects across the curriculum
- professionals who need help with business and professional writing
- educators who need writing across the curriculum resources
Citation Guides
- BibBuilder
- This resource provides a free citation generator that can be used to
generate simple citations for books, periodical articles, selections from
collections, and web pages according to MLA format.
- Interactive: Bibliography
Builder
- The University of Toronto's Engineering Communication Center provides
this online to assist in the generation of citations to books and articles
in either Author-Date style from the Chicago Manual of Style or IEEE style.
- Landmarks for Schools
- The Landmark for Schools project provides links to information building
blocks geared toward educators. It also includes a citation machine and
a rubric builder, along with other resources.
- ONLINE!
Citation Styles
- Selected chapters from this publication relating to citiing Internet
resources according to APA, MLA, and other styles are available from this
site.
- OWL
at Purdue: Using MLA Format
- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) produces this detailed
guide to creating citations and bibliographies following the MLA's format.
- OWL
at Purdue: Using APA Format
- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) produces this detailed
guide to creating citations and bibliographies following the American
Psychological Association's format.
- UIUC Writer's
Workshop
- The Writer's Workshop at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
provides detailed guides to using both the MLA and APA formats for creating
citations and bibliographies.
- UW-Madison's
Writing Center
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Writing Center provides guides
to citation formats, including APA, MLA, the Chicago Manual of Style,
the Council of Biology Editors, and the American Political Science Association.
Business and Professional Writing- General
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- APA Style Electronic
Formats
- This site, produced by Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey, author of several books
on business communication, provides information on citing references in
a business research paper using the APA style.
- Business
Writing Handbook
- A business writing handbook, complete with writing guidelines and samples.
- Fundamentals
of Business Communication
- This site from Rice University, offers a discussion of the differences
between academic and business writing.
- Professional
Writing Handouts and Resources
- This site from Purdue University, provides resources on writing resumes,
cover letters, and memos.
Humanities -Art History
- Art History: A Preliminary
Handbook for Writers
- This site covers everything from writing for exams, to writing term
papers and essays.
- Art
History Paper Writing
- This site, from Skidmore College, provides standards and tips for writing
an art history essay.
Humanities- Film Criticism
- Writing
About Film
- This site, from Dartmouth College, provides tips and strategies for
writing about film.
Humanities- History
- History
Writing Guide
- This site, from Boston University, is a guide for writing history papers
using primary and secondary works.
- Writing
the History Paper
- This site, from Dartmouth College, is a guide for writing history papers.
It includes a sample essay and research links.
Humanities- Music
- Writing
the Music Paper
- This site, from Dartmouth College, provides strategies for writing a
music paper and includes sample essays.
Humanities- Philosophy
- Writing Philosophy
Papers
- This is a brief guide to writing philosophy papers. It includes a link
to a sample essay.
Humanities- Religion
- Writing
the Religion Paper
- This site, from Dartmouth College, provides guidelines for writing a
religion paper and includes sample essays.
Sciences- General
- Scientific
English
- This is a short guideline to writing scientific English.
- Scientific
Reports
- This is a thorough and well-organized site on writing scientific reports.
- Lab Report
- This site show a sample lab report assignment.
- Writing
Lab Reports
- This site provides rules for writing lab reports, with examples following
each guideline.
Sciences- Biology
- Lab
Reports for Biology
- This is a discussion of the central components of a lab report, including
results and tables.
- Writing in Biology
Courses
- This site from Marquette University, provides advice from faculty on
writing in biology courses.
Sciences- Chemistry
- Writing in Chemistry
Courses
- From Marquette University, this site provides advice from faculty on
writing in chemistry courses.
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Sciences- Engineering
- Electrical
Lab Reports
- This site provides some quick tips for writing an electrical lab report.
- Writing Guidelines for
Engineering and Science Students
- This is a very thorough site offering writing guidelines for engineering
& science students.
- Writing
Guides
- This site provides writing guides for various documents, including civil
and electrical engineering reports.
Sciences- Mathematics
- Writing in Mathematics,
Statistics and Computer Science Courses
- This site provides guidelines for writing in mathematics, statistics
and computer science courses.
Sciences- Physics
- Writing in Physics
Courses
- This site from Marquette University, provides advice from faculty on
writing in physics courses.
Social Sciences- General
- Writing
a Research Paper in the Social Sciences
- This site provides basic guidelines for writing a research paper in
the social sciences.
- Guides
to Writing about Social Science and Qualitative Research
- This is a guide to Social Science and Qualitative Research.
- Writing in Social
and Cultural Arts Courses
- From Marquette University, this site provides advice from faculty on
writing in social and cultural sciences courses.
- Essay
Writing for Students in Politics and Social Science Courses
- This Australian-based site provides guidance for writing politics and
social sciences essays.
Social Sciences- Anthropology
- Ethnography,
Observational Research, and Narrative Inquiry
- This is a guide to qualitative research writing in anthropology.
Social Sciences- Economics
- Writing in Economics
Courses
- This site, from Marquette University, provides advice from faculty on
writing in economics courses.
Social Sciences- Political Science
- Writing in Political
Science Courses
- This site, from Marquette University, provides advice from faculty on
writing in political science courses.
Social Sciences- Psychology
- Writing
Lab Reports in Psychology
- This is a thorough discussion of writing lab reports in psychology.
- Writing
the Psychology Paper
- This site covers types of papers in psychology and tips on how to write
them.
- Psychology With Style:
A Hypertext Writing Guide
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Social Sciences- Sociology
- Writing
the Sociology Paper
- This site from Dartmouth College, provides an overview of the elements
of a sociology paper.
Other Help
- Elements
of Style
- This site provides online access to Charles Strunk's Elements of
Style
- Paradigm, the Online Writing Assistant
- This is a great site to use for a step-by-step writing tutorial.
For Writing Teachers
- 5 Minute
Workshops
- This is a great site for educators who are involved with critical thinking
and intensive writing courses. It covers such things as commenting on
papers, evaluating papers, critical reading and much more.
- Purdue
OWL Writing Across the Curriculum
- This site is an excellent guide to the Writing Across the Curriculum
movement. It provides resources, guidelines, a newsletter, and much more.
- Writing Across the
Curriculum Project
- This site provides good background information and overview of Writing
Across the Curriculum.
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