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Some Resources for Writers

In addition to the resources that we ourselves are developing, we find the following ones particularly useful, and often refer to them in class.

They're organized in the following categories:

General Reference and Comprehensive Guides

The UC Merced Library: http://library.ucmerced.edu

The Purdue U Online Writing Lab (OWL): http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl and http://owl.english.purdue.edu/oldindex.html

The U of North Carolina Writing Center's Handouts and Links: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts

The U of Toronto's Advice on Academic Writing: http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html

The U of Kansas Writing Center: http://www.writing.ku.edu/students/guides.shtml

Capital Community College Grammar Guide: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

The Writing Process

Duke U Writing Studio's Guide to the Academic Writing Process: http://uwp.aas.duke.edu/wstudio/resources/writing.html

UC-Davis Teaching Resources Center Writing Project: http://cai.ucdavis.edu/trc/trcgrid.html

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: http://www.powa.org

Dartmouth Writing Program, Materials for Students: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml

Michael Harvey's Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com

Duke U Writing Studio's Genre Guide: http://uwp.aas.duke.edu/wstudio/resources/genres.html

Citation, Style Guides, and Academic Integrity

UCLA Libraries' "Bruin Success" in Avoiding Plagiarism: http://www.library.ucla.edu/bruinsuccess

UC Davis Computer Assisted Instruction Academic Integrity Project: http://cai.ucdavis.edu/aip.html

Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Page: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc

The U of Arizona Library's Citation Guide: http://www.library.arizona.edu/search/reference/citation.html

Ohio State U Libraries' Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide: http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.html

Academic Support and Study Skills

Education Atlas Study Skills: http://www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.html

"How to Study": http://www.howtostudy.org

UC Merced's Student Advising and Learning Center: http://learning.ucmerced.edu

U of Minnesota Assignment Schedule Calculator: http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator

U of Minnesota Duluth Study Strategies: http://www.d.umn.edu/kmc/student/loon/acad/strat

U of St. Thomas Helpful Study Skills Links: http://www.stthomas.edu/academicsupport/helpful_study_skills_links.htm

Study Guides and Strategies: http://www.studygs.net

Virginia Tech Study Skills Self-Help Information: http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

English As a Second Language (ESL)

Dave's ESL Cafe: http://www.eslcafe.com

English Study and Learning Materials Resources: http://www.eslgold.net

Multi-language Online Dictionaries and Translators: http://www.word2word.com/dictionary.html

Purdue U ESL Resources, Handouts, and Exercises: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/index.html

Resources for English as a Second Language: http://www.usingenglish.com

Seattle Central Community College English As a Second Language Resources: http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/bticed

Writing Across the Disciplines

Duke U Writing Studio's Guides to Writing in Different Disciplines: http://uwp.aas.duke.edu/wstudio/resources/disciplines.html

U of North Carolina Ashville Writing in the Disciplines Bibliography: http://bullpup.lib.unca.edu/library/rr/writing.htm

Purdue U Online Writing Lab (OWL) Writing Across the Curriculum: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/wac/index.html

Texas A&M U Writing in the Disciplines Resources for Faculty: http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/content/view/87/119

Tufts U Writing in the Disciplines Conventions and Tips: http://ase.tufts.edu/wts/facTips.asp

UC Santa Cruz Science Writing: http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciWriting.html

Resources for Teaching (Especially Teaching With Writing)

UC Berkeley Office of Education Teaching Materials: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/teaching.html

UC Merced Teaching Assistant Resources Wiki: http://tatraining.wikispaces.com/Teaching+Resources

Dartmouth Writing Program, Materials for Faculty: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/faculty/toc.shtml

Dartmouth Writing Program, Materials for Tutors: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/tutor/toc.shtml

U of Hawaii Teaching Tips Index: http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm

U of Minnesota's Center for Writing: http://writing.umn.edu/tww/index.htm

National Council of Teachers of English Teaching Resources Collections: http://www.ncte.org/collections

Ohio State U Resources on Teaching: http://ftad.osu.edu/sites.html

Voice of the Shuttle Teaching Resources (special focus on instructional technology): http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2732

WordNet 2.1 Vocabulary Helper: http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn

Online Etymology Dictionary: http://www.etymonline.com

Massey U's Academic Word List: http://language.massey.ac.nz/staff/awl/awlinfo.shtml

U of Chicago Writing Program's "Toys": http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/toys/index.htm

Purdue U's Site for Commonly Confused Words: http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/ontarget/grammartrap/index.html