Writer Resources
Resources For Writers
Helpful research links from the UTPA Library staff:
• Assignment Calculator (or how much time do you really need to meet a deadline)
http://lib.utpa.edu/research/calculator/
• Research 101 (using the library to conduct research)
http://iis.lib.utpa.edu/research101/
Annotated Bibliographies:
• http://owl.English.purdue.edu/handouts/print/general/gl_annotatedbib.html
Avoiding Plagiarism:
• http://www.winthrop.edu/wcenter/handoutsandlinks/dontplag.htm
Business Letters:
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_subnegmess.html
Business Writing Websites:
• Higher Order Concerns and Lower Order Concerns for Business Writing
http://owl.English.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_hocloc.html
• Writing Business Messages, a PowerPoint presentation
http://owl.English.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/audorg.ppt
• Resume Workshop
http://owl.English.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_yresum.html
Chemistry Writing Guide:
• http://www.chem.orst.edu/writing/WritingGuide2000.htm
Citation Style Guides:
• APA Style
http://www.psychwww.com/resource/apacrib.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
• MLA Style
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
• Turabian Style
http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/img/assets/6535/turabian.pdf
• Chicago Style
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/history/sample.html
• Documenting Electronic Sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html
• Research and Documentation Online
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Encyclopedia Online:
• Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Encyclozine
http://encyclozine.com/
ESL Writing Websites:
• http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/english/writing/activities.html
• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/special/esl.shtml
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslstudent.html
General Writing and Reading Guides:
• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/writeproc.html
• http://www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/~agraham/guides/guidec.shtml
General Writing Assistance:
• Sample Outline
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlinS.html
• General
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html
• Developing an Outline
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html
Grammar and Mechanics Sites:
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab contains extensive lists of handouts and tips.
http://owl.English.purdue.edu
• Strunk's Elements of Style is a classic guide to grammar and mechanics.
http://www.bartleby.com/141
• Webgrammar lists a variety of writing resources.
http://www.webgrammar.com/
• Grammar Slammer is an online grammar handbook.
http://www.englishplus.com/grammar/
History Writing Websites:
• http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Writing_Center/resources_writers/article_lodewick.html
• http://www.bio.ilstu.edu/Lynch/writing_a_historical_essay.htm
Literary Websites:
• Literary works, information, and other related links
http://www.bartleby.com
Memo Writing:
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_memo.html
Online Dictionaries:
• Webster's Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com
• Roget's Thesaurus
http://thesaurus.com
http://www.bartleby.com/62/
Philosophy Writing Guide:
• http://oregonstate.edu/cla/philosophy/sites/default/files/pdf/WRITING_GUIDE.pdf
Political Science Writing Guide:
• http://oregonstate.edu/cla/polisci/sites/default/files/wicguide.pdf
Professional Writing:
• Resume Writing
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_yresindex.html
Research and Documentation:
• Research Information
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/index.htm
• Using the Internet
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/index.html
• Writing Research Papers
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_ressteps.html
Speech Writing Guide:
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/speech/writing/index.htm
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/index.cfm?guides_active=speeches&category1=12
