Writing Resources for the Library website
APA
Source citation and style tips – University of North Carolina:
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/apa.html
Source listings and parenthetical citations – Monroe Community College:
http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/library/apa.htm
Citation style guides – Landmark College:
http://www.landmarkcollege.org/Library/research/citation_apa.html
Formatting and citation guide – The Writing Center:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html
MLA
Citation Examples – Honolulu Community College Library:
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html
Formatting and Style Guide – The OWL at Purdue:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/
Style: paper and online – Kingwood College Library:
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/mlastyle.htm
Turabian/Chicago
Colorado State University comprehensive references on left for citing sources at the end
and within a paper:
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/sources/chicago/
guide for electronic source citations – Austin Peay State University:
http://www.apsu.edu/~lesterj/CYBER5.HTM
Research Helps
Topic selection and analysis and the purpose of a research paper:
http://www.acts.twu.ca/lbr/research_essays.htm#topic
What is Plagiarism?
http://www.acts.twu.ca/lbr/research_essays2.htm#plagiarism
Indiana University, “Plagiarism: What It Is and How To Avoid It”:
html format: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
pdf format: http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.pdf
A Guide to Critical Thinking about What You See on the Web:
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html
Understanding computer database searches:
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/course/expert.html
General Writing Helps
CSU Guides to Writing:
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/index.cfm?guides_active=processes&category1=3&ca
tegory2=4&category3=5&category4=6
The Write Place:
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html
Dr. Abel Scribe's Guides to Research Style and Documentation
http://www.docstyles.com/
The American Heritage® Book of English Usage:
http://www.bartleby.com/64/
Elements of English style, rules of usage, and principles of composition:
http://www.bartleby.com/141/
Formatting papers in Microsoft Word:
http://www.baptistcollege.edu/library/media/word_formatting.pdf
Merriam-Webster’ online Dictionary and Thesaurus:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm