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Resources for Writers

ONLINE RESOURCES FOR WRITERS


  • Avoiding Academic Dishonesty This site describes how to avoid the kinds of academic dishonesty commonly associated with writing. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated, and students should take all steps necessary to avoid it.
  • Harvard’s Writing Center This Web site offers many resources and printable handouts to help students with the stages of the writing process. The handouts include topics on many aspects of writing, from starting the paper to grammar and style errors.
  • Citation Machine Citation Machine is a free Web site which helps students with creating citations in both MLA and APA format. Although Citation Machine is limited to basic citations, it can be a helpful tool for students. Users should be careful to double check the results of Citation Machine against the instructor’s assignment guides and preferences.
  • Purdue University Guides The Purdue University online writing lab has many resources for writers, including how to find, evaluate, and document sources according to APA and MLA formats. Purdue OWL personnel will answer questions online from anyone, but they won’t read and respond to whole documents unless you’re a Purdue student. The Purdue OWL is linked to dozens of other online writing labs.