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University Writing Center
November 20, 2009

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

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