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Feeling trapped? Not sure where to turn?
Time
to ride the leo! We offer you here a few portals to some choice
writing sites. Scroll down and you'll find a mess 'o links to almost
anything you can dream of--that has to do with academic writing, of
course.
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Purdue MLA Format Guide
One of the best sources for Modern Language Association usage.
MLA Crib Sheet
A concise guide to using the style of the Modern Language Association in research papers.
Capital Community College MLA Guide
A
nice guide based on MLA documentation style. A sidebar allows quick
access to citation formats organized by type of material to be cited.
Maintained by Charles Darling of Capital Community-Technical College.
Timothy Pagaard's MLA format
A fanstastic blueprint of the MLA process from the world famous mind of Tim Pagaard.
Research Paper Templates
This
could be the most useful item on this list. Delicious templates of MLA,
APA, CBE, and CMS. All you have to do is punch in your information.
Most students LOVE this.
MLA Sample Paper
A happy-go-lucky essay about mountain lions, done in MLA style with annotations.
MLA, Documenting Web Sources
Straight
from the MLA mothership! How to document the web. The MLA is still
working out the bugs, considering it's a text oriented tool, but
they're getting there.
Citation Machine
The
Landmark Project's Citation Machine. Plug in the facts, and out comes a
works cited. Be careful with this one. It's garbage in garbage out, all
the way, so watch your spelling and inputs. When pasting this to your
works-cited page, you'll have to play with spacing etc.
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Hacker's Documenting Sources: MLA
I use this one even more than Purdue.
Very simple, very easy to use MLA in-text and works cited tool. One of
the best links here. MLA Citation and Format: Tod E Jones
The basics, nicely organized MLA site when Hacker or Purdue has your head spinning. Valencia MLA Style for Electronic Sources
Works cited displayed in vivid, living colors. Breaks down each type of citing for the visually oriented.
Leslie MLA Format for Annotated Bib.
Every student needs to know how to
make an annotated bibliography. Never heard of this? Please check this
Lesley University site out even if you're not expected to do an
annotated bibliography.
CW Post MLA Citation Style
A simple, colorful site for the visual of us.
Owl Writing the Research Paper
Another great read from the Purdue people. Do yourself a favor. Take 15 minutes out to read this essay by Sarah Hamid.
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A Research Guide for Students: Plagiarism: How to Avoid It
Plagiarism: 1621, from L. plagiarius "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer," used in the sense of "literary thief." I've run into one too many literary thieves. Pereant qui ante nos nostra dixerent. Perish those who said our good things before we did.--Aelius Donatus.
A Research Guide for Students: How to Write an A+ Paper
From choosing a topic, to typing the final paper, a nice little review on how to write a damned good essay.
A Research Guide for Students: How to Write a Bibliography in MLA Style
"When writing a bibliography, remember that the purpose is to communicate to the reader, in a standardized manner, the sources that you have used in sufficient detail to be identified." Wordy? You bet! Welcome to academe.
Bedford St Martin's Online: MLA Style to Cite and Document Internet Sources
Lookey here, Martha, one excellent MLA guide. One of the few sources out there that's as close to the MLA's synapses as you'll get.
OWL Researching the Web Workshop
They say a good writer needs a library. With the web, we have one right at our fingertips--so much good, yet so much bad. How to figure out what in tarnation is what.
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OWL Using APA Format
Purdue again. A wonderful site for you people, as weird as you all are; anthropologists and psychologists, need I say more?
APA Online: Using APA Style
From the dungeons of the APA, an electronic guide to APA usage: "Because electronic media change rapidly, we will update this page
regularly as there are additions, changes, or clarifications to APA
style."
OWL (APA) Style Workshop
"This web text will cover important aspects of using American Psychological Association (APA) style to write and format papers." How to format, setting up a works cited page, citing sources, setting tables, etc.
OWL Formatting in Sociology
Another great Purdue site: "This handout covers American Sociological Association (ASA) style and includes information about manuscript formatting, in-text citations, and formatting the references page. The bibliographical format described here is taken from the American Sociological Review."
CW Post: Comparing Various Citation Styles for Research Papers
Which should you use? Ask your teachers which style they want you to use. If they have no preference, you can use any or follow the guidelines this site offers. If your teacher doesn't mind, do yourself a favor, learn Chicago. It's used in the "real world" for all subjects.
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AAA Style Guide (PDF document) "AAA uses The Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition, 1993) and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition, 2000). This guide is an outline of style rules basic to our journal editing."
Citations and Bibliographic Style for Anthropology Papers
Anthropologists cite other works in text, that is,
they rarely use end or footnotes. Generally anthropologists
believe that if something is not important enough to be in the
main text, it should be left out. Prof. Philip Nel's Literary Links
Presently a Professor of English at the University of Kansas, Phil is the author of four books, including The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats. ( Love it! I have an MA in children's literature.) Here he has gathered every literary link of any value, and excellent place to explore.
Chicago Manual of Style Documentation
This is it! The Chicago Manual of Style Online--the indispensable online reference for all who work with words. Great site. Every writer should own the book.
English Club Great ESL Site
Great place for ESL students to study grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, all with quizzes to check your progress.
Frankfurt International ESL Grammar
Lots of free resources for ESL students, lots of exercises and quizzes, for students and teachers.
MLA: The Everyday Writer
I use this when I'm in a hurry. Just scroll down. No hidden rooms or links to forever land.
Duke University Assembled Works Cited
Covers
four style guides: Turabian, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA Handbook, and
the APA style guide. Created by Duke Libraries at Duke University.
Berkeley Library MLA Style Citations PDF
This guide provides examples and the guidelines for citing sources following the MLA.
Berkeley Library: Citing Your Sources
An essential explanation on where, how, why, and even what in citing sources. A must read for anyone writing a research paper.
J. Walker's formatting MLA style manuscripts with word 97 to 2003
J. Walker's formatting MLA style manuscripts with word 2007
invaluable step-by-step formatting guides from the reigning authority on electronic citation, Dr. Janice R. Walker.
Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides
A
list of links to various styles for citing electronic, and other
sources - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, Lexis-Nexus, legal, etc. Randy Beach's Sample Annotated Bibliography
How to write an annotated bibliography from the neurons of Randy Beach.
Randy Beach's Paranthetical References and Using Quotations
In-text parenthetical how to. Read This!
Randy Beach's Documenting Online Parenthetical References
In-text on-line parenthetical how to. Another MUST READ.
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