Resources for Academic Writing

Whenever one has to write a paper of any type, it is important to properly document where you found your information. The following references present many different ways of citing your references. This page also points to useful references for assisting in the process of writing, including grammar and style guides for those times when you just aren't quite sure whether you're splitting the infinitive. These sites range from the ever popular Strunk and White's The Elements of Style to a more modern guide to writing published by NASA.

Finally, there are several sites listed that are themselves good "meta-sites" for information about writing and documenting in one's work. Take a few minutes and familiarize yourself with what other universities are requiring of their students.

 

Plagiarism   (***Warning!***)
One would hope it goes without saying, but all work must be your own. We do not expect every document to be 100% original work. All we ask is that other's words are appropriately cited. The following site provides some common sense guidance in writing without plagiarism.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

 

Citation Guides
How to Cite Information (APA Style) From the Internet and the World Wide Web
A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on APA 
MLA Style Guides
MLA-style Guide to Citing Electronic Sources
A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities
Online! - A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources
The Research Paper and the World Wide Web

 

Grammar and Style Guides
Guide to Grammar and Style (With Interactive Tests)
Advice on Research and Writing
The Elements of Style (Strunk, 1918)
Grammar and Style Notes
NASA's Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization

Online Writing Labs
On-Line Writing Lab (Purdue)
Writing Resources (Yahoo)