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Contents:
General Reference
The Writing Process
Research
Citation
Grammar Punctuation and Editing
PowerPoint Guides
English Second Language
Check out the following sites for helpful information:
General References:
On-line dictionary
One look dictionary - a scientific, technical, and
medical dictionary
Webster's Dictionary
American Heritage Dictionary
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Strunk's Elements of Style
Roget's Thesaurus
Online Encyclopedia
Bluefield College Quick Reference Guide for Student Handbooks - page
references in the student handbooks for common problems
Prentice Hall Online Handbook - the
entire Prentice Hall Reference Guide to Grammar and Usage is online - Your
access code came with your textbook! If you have lost yours or need help,
please contact Mickey Pellillo.
Bluefield
College Library
The Writing Process:
Check out these sites for quick reference and exercises that can help you improve your
grammar skills.
The Writing Process:
General Guide to
Writing - a helpful guide for the entire writing process
Writing Process
Plus - additional help to guide you through the entire writing process
Finding a Topic:
Researchpaper -
helps you find research paper topics in different subject areas
Organizing and Developing Ideas:
Quoting and Paraphrasing:
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Paraphrase: Write it in your own words
SUNY Paraphrase Exercise
Avoiding Plagiarism
Revising:
Improve your writing
- tools, tips, and ideas to help improve your writing
Paradigm:
Online Writing - provides help with grammar, writing skills, and exercises to
improve language skills
Research:
Bluefield
College Library
Research and Documentation in the
Electronic Age - a complete guide to research on the Internet for all disciplines
Building
Research Skills - a guide for honing research skills on the Internet
Evaluating Web Sites:
Albany University
Criteria List
Thinking
Critically and Evaluating Web Sites - this site contains extensive
evaluation criteria for web sites
Evaluating
Print and Web Resources - a quick list of web site evaluation criteria
Citation References:
American Chemical Society
APA (American Psychological Association)
APA Official Site of the American
Psychological Association style - the style most often used in education and psychology
APA Style Guide
from Purdue Online Writing Lab
APA
In-Text Citations Guide from the University of Wisconsin
MLA (Modern Language Association):
MLA
- a guide to citing electronic sources from the official MLA site - click on MLA
Style and
Frequently Asked Questions
Purdue
MLA Guidelines
Bedford
St. Martins MLA Citation Guide
MLA - a guide to
citing online resources
Turabian (Chicago
Style) - the style most often used in history
A Guide to
Citing Sources - more citation information for MLA, APA, and Turabian
Grammar,
Punctuation, and Editing References:
HyperGrammar-grammar
aids
Purdue University Writing Lab -
grammar hotline, handouts, and almost everything else that deals with writing
Lynchburg College
Writing Center - grammar helps
A Commonsense Guide to Grammar
and Usage - a reference and online exercises for common errors
Guide to Grammar and Writing - a
guide to writing from sentence level to essay level, PowerPoint presentations on writing,
and sample writings from business letters, application letters, resumes and research
papers
Bedford St.
Martin's - the largest collection of grammar exercises available online
Prentice
Hall Handbook - exercises, examples, and summaries from the author of the
freshman composition handbook
English
Zone - information on vocabulary, grammar, verbs, spelling, conversation,
reading, writing, and idioms
Grammar Bytes - take a bite out of this
interactive grammar review
Grammar Gorillas - feed
your hunger for grammar skills and the gorillas at this interactive grammar site
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation -
grammar and punctuation exercises
English Lessons Online - English
tutorials online
Big Dog's Grammar - grammar and
punctuation information
Agreement - A
guide agreement and person
The
Everyday Writer - contains grammar exercises and examples
PowerPoint Guides
We are mooving to create more user friendly PowerPoints, but wanted to
make them available you in the meantime!
Word Choice - PowerPoint guide to
word choice
Appropriate Language - PowerPoint guide to the use of appropriate language in
various types of writing
Capitalization - PowerPoint guide to capitalization issues
Commas - PowerPoint guide to proper comma usage
Exact Words - PowerPoint guide to using exact words and language in writing
English Second Language 1 - PowerPoint guide to
common ESL questions
English Second Language 2 - PowerPoint guide to more ESL questions
ESL References:
Purdue ESL links for students
- tutorials, grammar help, vocabulary aids, handouts, and other interesting links for the
ESL student
More ESL links - offers help with
subject-verb agreement, verb tenses, articles (a, an, the), help with confusing
words, and examples to aid the ESL student
Many Things ESL - interesting links for
ESL students