Useful Writing Sites

APA - Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association - http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

• Description: APA style for citing sources in electronic formats, such as CD products, Internet sites, e-mail communications, and online databases. This is the official APA site.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice Walker - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos2006/basic.html

• Description: Humanities- and scientific-style citations for various types of Internet sites. Endorsed by the Alliance for Computers & Writing.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Guide for writing research papers–MLA - http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml

• Description: A basic guide to writing research papers. Includes sections on gathering materials, note cards, outlines, examples of plagiarism in a number of forms, using quotations, formating, MLA-style documentation and preparing the list of works cited.
• Appropriate to course or program:Writing
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Supplement 36, p. 80]

Guide for writing research papers–APA - http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/apa/

• Description: A basic guide to formating, APA-style documentation and preparing the list of works cited for a research paper.
• Appropriate to course or program:Writing
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Supplement 36, p. 80]

The Online English Grammar - http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/index.cfm

• Description: Has a table of contents and alphabetical index to steer the user to areas of interest, for example adverbs.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]

The OWL at Purdue - APA Formatting and Style Guide - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

• Description: Simple, clear instructions for APA formatting and citations.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: [Staff, Oct. 2006]

The OWL at Purdue - MLA Formatting and Style Guide - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

• Description: Simple, clear instructions for MLA formatting and citations.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• Reviewed by: [Staff, Oct. 2006]

Strunk, William. The Elements of Style. - http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

• Description: The original edition of a famous manual on English writing style. Short and to the point, with simple rules guaranteed to improve your writing. A little old-fashioned, but still full of excellent examples.
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]

Writing argumentative essays - http://www.ltn.lv/~markir/essaywriting/frntpage.htm

• Description: A tutorial on writing argumentative essays from Bill Daly.
• Appropriate to course or program: WR122
• [Reviewed by: Choice, Aug.1998]