The following sites offer various kinds of writing help, beginning with information on citing material in the Modern Language Association format. I've also included sites which offer information on grammar, syntax, punctuation, and similar concerns, as well as sites which focus on writing research papers.
MLA Style Guides --a page devoted to several sites on citing and documenting sources in MLA style. See also my Sample MLA Bibliography. For a comprehensive guide to when and how to cite sources, see Dartmouth University's excellent page on Sources, Their Use and Acknowledgment.
Writing About Art--some advice for my students on how to compose essays on topics for my classes.
College Writing Advice
Middle Tennessee University's Writing Center
This site offers printable handouts with helpful information on about every writing topic you can think of.
Practical Hints for Better Writing
Put together by our neighbors up at Collin College, this site offers practical writing advice on a number of topics.
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
There are several useful sections included in this excellent site.
Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors
Rutgers's site contains a massive number of links to almost any conceivable writing topic, even an "Its/It's" page.
Paul Brians' Common English ErrorsThis page offers brief, witty, and very useful solutions to very common mistakes.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
This is an excellent site with step-by-step guidelines for crafting informal, thesis/support, argumentative, and exploratory essays--etc.
This site, and offers some really good suggestions about how to avoid the "idiot indicators" that punctuation problems often become.
Advice on editing
The following links offer advice and/or exercises designed to help students edit their own work.
Editing and Proofreading Strategies (from Perdue's OWL): this online writing center has been a favorite of my students for years, and offers helpful advice on this particular topic as well.
Here's some good advice from "Ohio Mom" on a forum called "College Confidential;" the discussion is about admissions essays, but it contains solid, straightforward advice that can be applied to all varieties of writing.
Do remember also that proofreading and help with editing are available in the Academic Improvement Center, room 209. Julie and her staff of tutors can help you polish papers for my classes, sometimes making significant differences in points earned on assignments.
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