Resources
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University (the best one-click writing resource on the Web)
Brainstorming Tips from UNC-Chapel Hill’s Writing Center
TTS Reader (free software that will read your paper out loud to you– helpful for catching mistakes and improving the overall “flow”)
Cite This For Me (automated tool for citing sources in multiple styles/editions).
Citation Styles: AMA (from the UAB library)
AP Style (from the Purdue OWL)
Chicago Manual of Style Online
MLA 9th Edition (from Purdue Owl)
APA Citation Guide: Social Media (UNR)
MLA Citation Guide: Social Media (Columbia College, Vancouver)
UA Writing Center Library Guide
Conducting Research (from Washington University in St. Louis)
Annotated Bibliography (from the Purdue OWL)
RefWorks (NEW! From the U of Alabama University Libraries: “Save citations, organize and share your research, and create bibliographies – all for free!”)
Evaluating Sources (from the Purdue OWL)
Evaluating Sources (from Washington University in St. Louis)
Popular vs. Scholarly Sources (from UC Berkeley)
How to Recognize Plagiarism (free online workshop from U Indiana)
Quoting and Paraphrasing (from U Wisconsin-Madison)
Paraphrasing: Write it In Your Own Words (Purdue Owl)
TurnItIn Draft Coach (available to UA students through the Office365 portal and the Word Online App.
Comma Usage (from Indiana University East Writing Center)
Finding Commas In all the Wrong Places (when not to use a comma, from The Editors Blog).
[YouTube Video] Dangling Modifiers (from Shmoop)
Fragments and Run-On Sentences (from UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center)
Parallel Structure (from Towson.edu)
Pronoun Antecedent Agreement (from Towson University)
[YouTube Video] Semi-colons (from Shmoop)
Subject-Verb Agreement (from The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
Twelve Common Grammar Errors/Editing Checklist (from The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
[YouTube Video] Paramedic Method (Video by Professor Sentell at Southeast Missouri State University)
Passive Voice vs. Active Voice (from Purdue OWL)
Abstracts (from UNC Chapel Hill)
Introduction to Grant Writing (Purdue OWL)
Grant Proposals (UNC Writing Center).
Review of Literature (from the University of Wisconsin Writing Center)
Literature Reviews (from UNC)
Literature Reviews (from Purdue Owl)
The Literature Review: A Few Tips (U Toronto)
Personal Statements (from the Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Personal Statement Worksheet (from the UK-based Universities and Colleges Admissions Service)
Resumes (from Purdue Owl)
Resume Development (from UA Career Center)
[pdf] Rules of Thumb for Writing Research Articles
A Short Guide to Close Readings for Literary Analysis (from University of Wisconsin)
Writing a Scientific Research Article (from Columbia University)
Writing a Scientific Research Report_ IMRad Format (George Mason University Writing Center)
Scientific Reports (From the UNC Writing Center)
Sample Lab Report (Engineering)
Template for Conference Papers in Engineering/Stem Fields (created by Dr. Monica Anderson in UA’s Department of Computer Science. Shared by permission).
Writing in the Disciplines (from University of Tennessee’s Writing Center)
Introduction to Picot Format (for clinicians/health researchers)
Evidence-based Nursing Practice (Writing for Nursing Students)
Thesis and Dissertation Formatting (From UA’s Graduate School)
Publishing (Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning)
Introduction to Web Accessibility (useful guide for web content developers and anyone writing in a multimodal context)
Guidelines for Writing about People with Disabilities (from the ADA National Network)
Writing about Gender and Sexuality (Hamilton University)
Bias-Free Language (from APA)
Articles (from UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center)
Grammar Exercises
A set of advanced English grammar exercises.
Dave’s ESL Cafe on the Web
This site provides online help (including a daily Q & A) for both ESL students and teachers, a jobs forum, and more.