General Writing Resources
- Getting it Write: The College Writing Tutorial Website
- The Online Writing Lab at Purdue
- The University of Richmond's Writers' Web
- Online ESL Resources
- The College of Wooster Code of Academic Integrity (.PDF file)
Organization/Outlining/Paper Structure
- Considering Structure and Organization from The Dartmouth Writing Program
- Introductions
- Conclusions
Thesis Statements/Argumentation
- Writing Effective Thesis Statements from the Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Supporting an Argument
- Common Logic Problems
- A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples from the University of Kentucky
Overall Style and Sentence Structure/Clarity/Variety
- Attending to Style from the Dartmouth Writing Program
- The Elements of Style (online copy) by William Strunk, Jr.
- Sentence Variety from the Purdue OWL
Grammar/Punctuation
- Tips on Grammar, Punctuation, and Style from the Harvard Writing Center
- Fragments and Run-ons from the UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
- One-Trick Words
Documentation, Citation, and Reference
- Mechanics of Quoting
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- How to Avoid Plagiarism from Northwestern University
- Citing Your Sources from Emory University Libraries
- Paraphrasing handout from the Undergraduate Writing Center at the University of Texas
Style Guides and Formatting
- MLA Style Guide from the Purdue OWL
- APA Style Guide from the Purdue OWL
- Chicago/Turabian Style Guide from the UW-Madison Writing Center
- Writing in the Historical/Literary Present
Study Skills
Student-Created Resources
- Overcoming Procrastination...Later by Will Bundy
- Spell Check Didn't Catch That? Common Homonyms Explained by Jason Stewart
- He Be Studyin': Intro to African American Vernacular English by Marcos Gonzales
- How to write funny in places where you normally wouldn't by Danny Caine [Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer]
- Shared Stories by Cara Stoddard