Resources for Writers

Center Holdings

Recommended Sites

Center Holdings

Grammar & Usage

Paragraph Structure and Development

Searching the Internet - Tools and Tips

Topical Writing - by Content Area

Writing the Essay and the Research Paper -
Skills, Patterns, and Techniques

Recommended Sites

Citing Sources

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

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

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

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

The Luminarium - 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.

VCCS Litonline Resources for Literary Studies