Writing Resources
Helpful Websites
February 28, 2008 | Permalink
Helpful
Websites
Some helpful websites when you can't get to the writing center. There are also helpful hits about doing research through our own on-campus library.
Having Trouble with APA/MLA or any other citation formatting?
Go to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
They have great online resources to grammar, proof reading tips, as well as citations!
Ever wonder what some of the most common mistakes in the English Language happen to be? Well this website can tell you all about them and how to avoid making those same mistakes.
Go to: http://englishplus.com/grammar/mistcont.htm
posted by: Jessica
Some helpful websites when you can't get to the writing center. There are also helpful hits about doing research through our own on-campus library.
Having Trouble with APA/MLA or any other citation formatting?
Go to: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
They have great online resources to grammar, proof reading tips, as well as citations!
Ever wonder what some of the most common mistakes in the English Language happen to be? Well this website can tell you all about them and how to avoid making those same mistakes.
Go to: http://englishplus.com/grammar/mistcont.htm
posted by: Jessica
Minimize Confusion
December 07, 2007 | Permalink
Blog: Dartmouth's Material for
Students
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml
As an English major, I found myself completely at a loss when my theology professor assigned a 5000 word paper; I didn't know how to structure it because I couldn't think of a thesis to support. I asked him for guidance and he walked over to the computer and pulled up Dartmouth's Writing the Religion Paper and read aloud the purposes for writing a religion paper and different styles students have to choose from: The Argument Paper, The History Paper, The Comparative Paper, Exegesis , and Special Topics. Suddenly, I became a lot less confused about the whole assignment.
Because I brought my laptop to class, I was able to search and locate the webpage he showed us, and while I was browsing, I discovered a number of valuable resources at the website. Under the Material for Students section, the website links to different guides to writing papers in each discipline, from English, to Biology, to Philosophy, to Art History. It really seems a valuable resource for all college students, not only those college students struggling with their papers for a particular class. The guides provide detailed steps to forming your thesis statement (Writing a Thesis) or topic and writing your paper around it; it shows what your teachers ask for when they assign a paper and explains it in terms even non-majors can understand.
In addition, the site also links to helpful tips for "Special Writers," students with learning disabilities and students still learning English (or have learned English as a language other than their primary language.) This website provides guides that we can follow as students when we either don't have time to visit the Writing Center (main floor of the Frick Center, room 229) or are too shy or embarrassed to ask for help, and it explains writing resumes for jobs and applications to graduate school.
So, let's take advantage of this valuable resource! (Tutors, that means you too – they have a whole section on writing center tutoring!)
Good luck!
posted by: Heather
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml
As an English major, I found myself completely at a loss when my theology professor assigned a 5000 word paper; I didn't know how to structure it because I couldn't think of a thesis to support. I asked him for guidance and he walked over to the computer and pulled up Dartmouth's Writing the Religion Paper and read aloud the purposes for writing a religion paper and different styles students have to choose from: The Argument Paper, The History Paper, The Comparative Paper, Exegesis , and Special Topics. Suddenly, I became a lot less confused about the whole assignment.
Because I brought my laptop to class, I was able to search and locate the webpage he showed us, and while I was browsing, I discovered a number of valuable resources at the website. Under the Material for Students section, the website links to different guides to writing papers in each discipline, from English, to Biology, to Philosophy, to Art History. It really seems a valuable resource for all college students, not only those college students struggling with their papers for a particular class. The guides provide detailed steps to forming your thesis statement (Writing a Thesis) or topic and writing your paper around it; it shows what your teachers ask for when they assign a paper and explains it in terms even non-majors can understand.
In addition, the site also links to helpful tips for "Special Writers," students with learning disabilities and students still learning English (or have learned English as a language other than their primary language.) This website provides guides that we can follow as students when we either don't have time to visit the Writing Center (main floor of the Frick Center, room 229) or are too shy or embarrassed to ask for help, and it explains writing resumes for jobs and applications to graduate school.
So, let's take advantage of this valuable resource! (Tutors, that means you too – they have a whole section on writing center tutoring!)
Good luck!
posted by: Heather
Brainstorming Techniques
September 29, 2006 | Permalink
Hello all,
I have added a link about brainstorming techniques to our resource
section entitled "Parts Of An Essay." Sometimes beginning an essay can
be a difficult task and knowing where to begin creates frustration.
The brainstorming techniques provided in the link should help you
begin to focus your thoughts.
From UNC - Brainstorming for composition
Best of luck!
posted by Katie K.
I have added a link about brainstorming techniques to our resource
section entitled "Parts Of An Essay." Sometimes beginning an essay can
be a difficult task and knowing where to begin creates frustration.
The brainstorming techniques provided in the link should help you
begin to focus your thoughts.
From UNC - Brainstorming for composition
Best of luck!
posted by Katie K.
Don't Forget the Small Stuff
September 19, 2006 | Permalink
Fellow students:
Great papers are often set apart from good papers because of common issues, like grammar. The slightest improvements can set an already fine paper at a higher caliber.
The vast amount of time spent composing a paper is too valuable to be deemed meaningless because of a few grammatical issues. Here are some guidelines to look over before handing in to your professor your blood, sweat, and tears, or your paper - Term Paper Writing 101.
Happy writing!!
posted by Melina P.
Great papers are often set apart from good papers because of common issues, like grammar. The slightest improvements can set an already fine paper at a higher caliber.
The vast amount of time spent composing a paper is too valuable to be deemed meaningless because of a few grammatical issues. Here are some guidelines to look over before handing in to your professor your blood, sweat, and tears, or your paper - Term Paper Writing 101.
Happy writing!!
posted by Melina P.
