Academic Resources Links

General Reference

• Test Taking Central (study and note taking tips)

• The Nuts & Bolts of College Writing (Michael Harvey, Washington College - Chestertown, MD) 

• Purdue Writing Lab (Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN)  

• George Mason University Writing Center (George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia) 

• Visual Thesaurus : an online thesaurus and dictionary of over 145000 words that you explore using an interactive map. It's a tool for people who think visually. 

Critical Writing

The Bedford Researcher (Mike Palmquist, Bedford/St. Martin's Press). This site includes advice on the research process, model research papers on various topics, and links to writers' resources and Online Writing Centers at universities around the country.

Style & Mechanic s

• MLA (Modern Language Association) Documentation Format (Capital Community College, Hartford CT) 

• Grammar and Style Notes (Jack Lynch, Rutgers University - Newark) 

• Strunk's Elements of Style (1918 edition, Bartleby.com) 

• Getting an "A" on an English Paper (Jack Lynch, Rutgers University - Newark). 

• Expectations, Guidelines, Advice, and Grading by Jeannine de Lombard and Dan White of the University of Toronto. 

Reference (cont.)

• Summary (Columbia University School of Social Work, New York NY)  

• Thesis (George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia) 

• Developing an Essay ((Michael Harvey, Washington College - Chestertown, MD)  

• Argument (Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN) 

• Organization (Michael Harvey, Washington College - Chestertown, MD) 

• Evidence (Michael Harvey, Washington College - Chestertown, MD) 

• Transitional devices (George Mason University - Fairfax, Virginia) 

• Revision (College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University - Collegeville, MN) 

• EasyBib (a citation machine for your “work cited” page) 

• Five Useful Ways to Join Ideas