Writing Resources

While working with your instructor or a peer tutor in the writing center is the best thing to try, there are times when a simple refresher is all you need.  Use the following links to learn things that you need to know.

Article links | Web links

Article Links

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Writing Process | Grammar and Punctuation | Citation Styles | Research Papers | Other

Writing Process

• Hierarchy of Concerns--a student checklist

• The Student Who Writes Slowly

• Rough Drafts

• Revision vs. Editing, etc.

Grammar and Punctuation

• 7 Main Comma Rules

• Colons and Semi-Colons

• Apostrophes

• Parallelism

• Sentence Variety

• Sentence Lengths

• Parts of Speech

Citation Styles

• Dealing with APA Format
• APA Citations
• APA Style Reference & Citation Guide--(pdf)
• MLA Style Reference & Citation Guide--link
• Chicago / Turabian Style Reference & Citation Guide--(pdf)
• CSE Format

Research Papers

• Planning a Research Paper
• Quotes within Quotes
• Using Source Material Well
• Paraphrasing
• Writing a Literature Review

Other

• Graduate School Personal Essays
  

Web Links

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The UW Madison writing center has many useful articles.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/

This web site from Purdue University has extensive hand-outs, grammar hotline, and writing information.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

This is a web site that provides lots of guidance on formatting your research paper, with sample bibliographies in several styles. An excellent resource.
http://www.aresearchguide.com/

From the Writing Tutorial Service at Indiana University, this page discusses plagiarism in depth, with clear examples of when you need to cite a source and why.
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

Scrolling down, you will find reading, writing, and researching articles available to you.
http://www.studygs.net/index.htm

On-line Handbooks and Writer's Guides
National Writing Center Association
Includes a huge indexed collection of links to handouts on every aspect of the writing process. A superb collection, but a little unwieldy to use for casual reference. 
http://departments.colgate.edu/diw/NWCA/WCHandouts.html.

 Strunk's Elements of Style
The original version of one of the most famous guides to clear, concise writing. Also available in print in its revised and updated form: Strunk and White, Elements of Style.

Dictionaries and Other General Reference Works

Merriam-Webster
The on-line version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition, as well as other materials from Merriam-Webster.

Visual Thesaurus
Click on "Try it now."  You will have a limited number of searches, but it can be highly useful for visual learners.  

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1901 edition)
An earlier edition of the standard reference work for locating and identifying common quotations.

Edgewood College Library
Check the Oscar Rennebohm Library for on-campus resources.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
You are able to check out books at UW Madison Libraries using your Edgewood College ID.