Resources
Dr. Strunk’s Secret Guide: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Research Paper
APA Citations: Everything You Want to Know About What You Don’t Want to Know
MLA Format Guide: Quick, picker-upper review!
Periodically we will make additions to the resources listed here. Please check this page regularly for pages of interest to you as a student and researcher. Additional handouts can be obtained in the Writing Center.
Links to Internet sites
General Writing Concerns
- Purdue University — Addresses planning/starting to write, effective writing, revising/editing/proofreading and types/genres of writing.
- The University of Wisconsin-Madison — Comprehensive site, very much like Purdue’s.
- Shepherd College — Includes pages on writer’s block, transitional words, revision strategies, pre-writing, summary writing, proofreading and thesis statement development.
- Workshop Criticism Guide — Tips on how to graciously critique your classmate’s paper in a workshop setting.
Writing Process, Grammar and Punctuation
- Purdue University — This is just about the best writing-related link. This link addresses punctuation, capitals, spelling, sentence construction and parts of speech.
- Shepherd College — Punctuation help.
Avoiding Plagiarism
- Purdue University — An information site that clearly explains what academic plagiarism involves. This site would make an excellent handout. (Remember to keep the copyright information attached.)
Documentation
- Bedford St. Martin’s Research and Documentation — A guide to MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE style manuals.
- Purdue University — “Research Papers” gives links to related sites for documenting information obtained via an electronic medium. It includes information on MLA, APA and disciple-specific formats. Also included is information on outlining, paraphrasing, plagiarism, quoting and summarizing.
- Modern Language Association — Style page that is a “straight-from-the-horse’s-mouth” way to find out the MLA format for citing Internet sources.
Research
- Ellender Library — Ellender is the main library on the Nicholls campus. This link takes you to the page used for library research.
- Libray of Congress — Rich site for any research endeavor. The sheer volume of information makes this a great site to visit regularly.
Reading Literature and Writing About It
- Texas A&M — This site asks questions to help you focus on the piece of literature and to start on the road to writing about it. There are links to analyzing prose, plays, poems and essays.
Reading Proficiency
- Shepherd College’s Five-Step Program for Quick, Efficient Reading — Suggestions for readers who want to gain more from their time spent reading. There are tips and strategies for the beginner through the advanced reader.
Tips for Scientific Papers
- Scientific Papers — Guideline from Shepherd College that give suggestions for and components of a scientific paper.
Business Writing
- Purdue University’s Business Writing Page — Offers information on resume writing, memo writing and other professional writing concerns.
ESL Student Concerns
- Purdue University’s ESL Page — Contains information on grammar, idioms, vocabulary and academic conventions and offers discussion list information.
Using the Internet
- Purdue University — Informative Web page that takes you through the ins and outs of using and researching on the Internet.
Faculty Resources
- Purdue University’s Resources for Writing Across the Curriculum — Includes a link to resources for class assignments, pedagogical theory and writings on the use of WAC, WID and Writing to Learn in particular disciples. Also included are links to other university WAC sites.
Acronyms
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Please feel free to e-mail suggestions for additions to this page to janie.cheramie@nicholls.edu. Our goal is to continuously update this page so that you have ready access to a multitude of reviewed, writing-related sites without ever having to surf the net.