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Citing Sources

APA Style for Online Resources - Site provides guidelines for preparing American Psychological Association Style reference citations.

Bibliography Builder - Form-based resource that allows users to generate Chicago and IEEE Style reference citations that can be imported into word processor documents

Columbia Guide to Online Style - Sit offers". . .a comprehensive guide to citing and producing academic documents and resources that are stored electronically"

IEEE Computer Society Style Guide - "The mission of the . . . Guide . . . is to clarify editorial styles and standards used in the Society's publications."

Research and Documentation Online - Bedford/St. Martin's resource that provides guidelines for citing resources in various disciplines, including the humanities, social sciences, history, and the sciences

Landmarks Citation Machine - Form-based resource that allows users to generate Modern Language Association (MLA) and American Psychological Association (APA) Style reference citations that can be imported into word processor documents

Creative Writing Resources

Poets & Writers Online - Online variant of the prestigious Poets & Writers magazine. The site offers publishing advice, classifieds, literary links, and more.

Critical Reading & Thinking

Critical reading - Information available on this site offers much insight into the fundamentals of critical reading and effective writing, and includes selections on such matters as inference, ways to read, and grammar.

ESL Resources

Learn English. Flash site that "incorporates forty topics, along with 1,500 English words and phrases" with audio.

Grammar and Usage Sites

Capital Community College's Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quizzes - Site offers a number of interactive quizzes with which to test and improve an understanding of grammar

KISS Grammar Site - "This site offers 1) numerous essays that explore the problem [of the way grammar is typically taught], 2) specific suggestions about what grammar should be taught in which grade levels (including explanations of how and why), and 3) a large selection of instructional material, including answer keys so that parents and teachers can study the KISS approach and decide for themselves if it makes sense" (Vavra).

Literary Resources

Bartleby's Library - Famous Quotations - Searchable collection of famous, and not so famous, quotes

Bartleby's Library - Online Texts - Assortment of online texts, indexed by category: reference, verse, fiction, and nonfiction

Harvard University Chaucer Site - An intriguing and beautifully illustrated site dedicated to the study of Geoffrey Chaucer (ca1342-1400) and the time in which he lived. Addresses such issues as the life and manners, science, and literary subjects of the day, and includes a section devoted to language and linguistics. Also provides online annotated segments of The Canterbury Tales

Literary Resources Page - Collection of links to English and American literature sites, as maintained by Jack Lynch at Rutgers University

The LLuminarium - Online anthology of Middle English, 16th century Renaissance, and early 17th century century texts, indexed by author and period and supplemented with biographical information and critical essays. Like Harvard's Chaucer site, it is beautifully illustrated.

Mr. William Shakespeare on the Internet - Site dedicated to Shakespeare studies that brings together a variety of such useful web resources as online versions of the plays and poems, criticism, study guides, and period information. Quite useful.

Norton Topics Online - Web supplement to The Norton Anthology of English Literature, searchable by period and topic. The site includes, among other things, an overview of each period, excerpts from various period texts, and critical notes.

Vanguard University Resources for English Language and Literature

VCCS Litonline Resources for Literary Studies

Online Writing Labs

Bowling Green Online Writing Lab - Site provides a list of online writing centers and links to other writing resources

Online Writery at the University of Missouri

Purdue University OWL - Site provides links to numerous resources for both students and faculty

Renssalaer Writing Center

George Mason University Writer's Library

Resources for Writers

AskOxford - Excellent site dedicated to the exploration of words and the use of the English language

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Research Resources in Education and Technology

Roget's Thesaurus

Strunk and White's Elements of Style

Wordsmyth - Educational Dictionary and Thesaurus

Searching the Internet - Tools & Tips

Searching the Internet - Tips and Strategies

Web Source Evaluation

Auburn University Library - Site provides links to multiple sites offering evaluation criteria

 

If you find any broken links, please report them to Carolyn Kinslow at carolynk@cameron.edu or Ellis Hooley @ ellish@cameron.edu.

For more information, contact

Carolyn Kinslow, Director, Center for Writers . . . (580)581-5524

Ellis Hooley, Assistant Director . . . (580)581-2310