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Writing Center: Links

Online Resources For Academic Research and Writing

FSC Library, including online catalogue and online resources

Internet Resources for Writers

Online Grammar and Punctuation Guide

• Search Engines
• Writing, documenting and quoting in an academic paper
• Style, sentence logic, and grammar
• Dictionary
• Finding current issues - newpapers and magazines online
• Gateway sites for academic information

Purdue OWL, with over 130 Instructional Handouts

Sparknotes.com is another useful resource and commentary site

A "Bluebook" quiz to help with grammar rules , and one quiz to help with punctuation .

MLA, APA, and Chicago Style Documentation

Confusion Alert!
There is no single acceptable style. Each professor will select the documentation style appropriate to the field of study. ASK the professor. Then follow the instructions for the proper style. Still confused? We can help you. Stop in to talk.

• MLA Format + Columbia Guide to Online Style by Janice Walker
• APA Documentation  + APA's "How to Cite Information From the Internet and the World Wide Web"
• Chicago Manual of Style  and FAQ for online references
• Research Writing Workshop, a hypertext tutorial
• Indiana University's Writing Resources, Plagiarism: What it is and how to recognize it and avoid it
• Duke University's Library page, with their own extensive webpage on citing sources.

ESL Writing Help

• Ruth Vilmi's Language Help pages for ESL
• Dave Sperling's Idiom Page at the ESL Cafe + a section on slang and phrasal verbs.
• Purdue OWL ESL help
• Some ESL online quizzes , to help ESL students to learn English.
• A useful ESL site with online tutorials, chatrooms and more...

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