Links

Need some help with your paper but just don’t have time to get to the Writing Center? Here are some useful websites that will help you answer your questions in the comfort of your own room.

Formatting

MLA

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html
• http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.html
• http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/library/researchguides.html

APA

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
• http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html#Intext
• http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citapa.html

Chicago/Turabian

• http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/cmosfaq.html

Grammar and Punctuation

General

• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
• http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
• http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com

Commas

• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

Dashes, Semicolons and Colons

• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/dash.htm
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/semicolon.htm
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/marks/colon.htm

Special Paragraphs

Introduction

• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/introductions.html

Conclusion

• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/conclusions.html

Style

• http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/
• http://www.bartleby.com/141/ 

Thesis

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_thesis.html

Prewriting and Outlines 

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan1.html
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html
• http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/readingwriting.html

General Writing Help (i.e. these sites have almost everything)

• http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu