The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University (the best one-click writing resource on the Web)
The Writing Process
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)
- APA Style and Grammar
- APA Style Blog
- Citation Styles (useful overview of various styles, from the U Pitt library)
- Chicago Manual of Style Online
- MLA 8th Edition (from Purdue Owl)
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- UA Writing Center Library Guide
- Conducting Research (from Washington University in St. Louis)
- [PDF] Finding Sources (from Saint Paul College)
- 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!”)
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Evaluating Sources
- Evaluating Sources (from the Purdue OWL)
- Evaluating Sources (from Washington University in St. Louis)
- Popular vs. Scholarly Sources (from UC Berkeley)
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Paraphrasing/Avoiding Plagiarism
- 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)
Grammar and Mechanics
- Capitalization in Public Relations Writing (names of degrees, programs, institutions– from Western Michigan).
- Capitalization Rules (from GrammarBook.com)
- Comma Rules (from GrammarBook.com)
- 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)
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Style/Sentence-Level Writing
- [YouTube Video] Paramedic Method (Video by Professor Sentell at Southeast Missouri State University)
- Passive Voice vs. Active Voice (from Purdue OWL)
- A Scary-Easy Way to Find Passive Voice (from Grammarly.com)
- Transition Words
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Discipline and Task-Specific Writing
- 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)
Publishing/Presenting your Research
- Graduate Student Publishing Support (From U Tennessee’s library)
- Publishing (Yale’s Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning)
Accessibility and Inclusion in Writing
- 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)
- Language of Difference: Writing about Race, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Disability (from Hamilton University)
- Writing about Gender and Sexuality (Hamilton University)
- Inclusive Writing (Seattle University Writing Center)
- Inclusive and Anti-Racist Writing Overview (Simon Fraser University)
Resources for Multilingual Writers
- Articles (from UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center)
- The Academic Word List
The most common words in U.S. academic writing. This list is great for building vocabulary. - 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. - Student Writing Support– Especially for Multilingual Writers (from University of Minnesota)