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Getting Started

Reference

Getting Started, Planning, tips from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Allegheny College's definition of plagiarism and examples explaining how to quote and paraphrase material from a source

Coping with Writing Anxiety, tips from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Diana Hacker's on-line version of the handbook, A Writer's Reference (includes grammar exercises)

How to Read an Assignment, from Harvard University's Writing Center

English as a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language

Organizing an Essay, tips from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Writing Center Dictionary

 

Research

Sentence-level editing

Evaluating Web Resources, tips from Librarian Helen McCullough, Allegheny College

 

5 Ways to Make Your Writing More Concise, from the Indiana University, Purdue/Fort Wayne Writing Center

Researching Strategies, Allegheny College Librarians (to be added later)

Editing the Essay, Part One, suggestions from Harvard University's writing Center

Editing the Essay, Part Two, suggestions from Harvard University's writing center

 

Active/Passive Voice, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
The University of Toronto's Guide for Writing Academic Papers Using Transitions, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Modes of Writing

Citation Styles

Summarizing, from Corning Community College MLA style of citation, Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

Writing Vivid Description, tips from sfwriter.com

The APA style of citation, Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

 

Argumentation, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chicago/Turabian style of citation, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Timed Essays, from Agnes Scott College

 

American Political Science Association style of citation, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Personal Statements for Graduate School, tips from Indiana University, Bloomington

 

Council of Biology style of citation, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Writing in Specific Disciplines (Art History, Business Letter, Communications, History, Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sciences, Scientific Research Reports,
Sociology), tips from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 
Writing in Psychology, Psychology Writing Center at the University of Washington  

Commentaries by Allegheny professors about writing in their field of study

Essays about mayflies written from different disciplinary perspectives

 

 

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Email us at writing@alleg.edu.
 

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