SKIP navigation
The Writing Center

hot

Summer Consultations at Criss Library
The Writing Center in Arts and Sciences Hall will be closed for the summer.
Walk-in appointments will be available at the library throughout the summer sessions.

Our hours changes weekly, so check the calendars below for hours!
May
June
July
August

Resources

Thesis, Outline, and Revision

How to Write a Thesis Statement (Purdue OWL)

How to Create an Outline (Purdue OWL)

Revising Drafts (UNC Writing Center)

top of page

Grammar

Grammar Girl Quick and dirty tips for better writing

Grammar Bytes! Grammar instruction with attitude (chompchomp.com)

Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (Purdue OWL)

Big Dog's Grammar: A bare bones guide to English

Active/Passive Voice (Purdue OWL)

top of page

Punctuation

Apostrophes (Grammar Book)

Commas (Towson U)

Hyphens (Purdue OWL)

Semicolons (The Oatmeal)

top of page

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Avoiding Plagiarism
UNO's Plagiarism Statement ("Ethical Use of Print and Online Sources") developed by UNO's Writing Across the Curriculum for use in syllabi

Quotation, Paraphrase, Summary (Adelphi U)

Quotes, Paraphrases, and Summaries (Portland State U)

Avoiding Plagiarism (Northwestern U)

Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana U)

Video: Quick Guide To Plagiarism (Cape Fear Community College WC)

Plagiarism Tutorial "How to Recognize Plagiarism" ( Indiana University, Bloomington)

Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue OWL)

Plagiarism Information Site (WSU)

top of page

Citing Sources / Documentation Formats

APA (American Psychological Association) Formatting and Style Guide

MLA (Modern Language Association) Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)

Chicago Formatting and Style Guide

Turabian Formatting and Style Guide

ACS (American Chemical Society) Citation Style

APSA (American Political Science Association)

Bluebook Legal Citation Style

CSE (Council of Science Educators) Citation Style

Research and Documentation by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister (Bedford/St. Martin's)

top of page

ESL

Articles: A, An, The (Purdue OWL)

Dave's ESL Cafe

Grammar Practices and More (englishpage.com)

Grammar Quizzes & Puzzles (a4esl.org)

Grammar Rules & Quizzes (Capital Community College)

Word Lookup for ESL Students (Heinle's Newbury House Dictionary)

top of page

Graduate Thesis/Dissertations

Writing and Presenting Your Thesis Or Dissertation

How to Organize Your Thesis

top of page

Writing a Summary

Steps to Writing a Summary (SMCVT)

Writing a Summary (Columbia)

How to Write a Summary (UW

top of page

Writing a Literature Review

Writing A Literature Review (Video) (NCSU)

Writing a Literature Review (Document) (NCSU)

Write a Literature Review (UCSC)

Writing a Literature Review - very thorough (Asian Institute of Technology)

top of page

Style

The Elements of Style (1918), by William Strunk, Jr. (Bartleby.com)

Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style

Using Appripriate Langauge (Purdue OWL)

top of page

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Merriam-Webster's WWWebster Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's WWWebster Thesaurus

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Oxford English Dictionary (requires access from on campus or library log-in)

Thesaurus.com (Roget's Thesaurus on-line)

Travlang's Translating Dictionaries

Word Lookup, Thesaurus, & Grammar (Merriam Webster)

Wordsmyth Dictionary

YourDictionary.com (includes thesaurus and foreign language dictionaries)

top of page

Faculty Resources

For additional online resources for instructors, see the Faculty Information page.

 

top of page