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Reference
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Getting
Started, Planning, tips from Purdue University's Online
Writing Lab
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Allegheny College's
definition of plagiarism and examples explaining how to
quote and paraphrase material from a source
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Coping
with Writing Anxiety, tips from Purdue University's
Online Writing Lab
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Diana
Hacker's on-line version of the handbook, A Writer's
Reference (includes grammar exercises)
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How
to Read an Assignment, from Harvard University's Writing
Center
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English as
a Foreign Language/English as a Second Language
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| Organizing
an Essay, tips from the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, Writing Center |
Dictionary |
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Revising to Strengthen Content of Papers
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Sentence-level editing
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Three
Levels of Revision, from Portland State University's
Writing Center
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5
Ways to Make Your Writing More Concise, from the Indiana
University, Purdue/Fort Wayne Writing Center |
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Straight
Talk About Revision, from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Writing Center
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Editing
the Essay, Part One, suggestions from Harvard University's
writing Center
Editing
the Essay, Part Two, suggestions from Harvard University's
writing center
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Constructing
Thesis Statements, from the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Writing Center
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Active/Passive
Voice, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Using
Transitions, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Modes of Writing
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Citation Styles
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| Summarizing,
from Corning Community College |
MLA
style of citation, Purdue University's Online Writing
Lab |
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Writing Vivid
Description, tips from sfwriter.com
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The
APA style of citation, Purdue University's Online Writing
Lab |
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Argumentation,
from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Chicago/Turabian
style of citation, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Timed
Essays, from Agnes Scott College
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American
Political Science Association style of citation, from
the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
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Personal
Statements for Graduate School, tips from Indiana University,
Bloomington
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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 |
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| Writing
in Psychology, Psychology Writing Center at the University
of Washington |
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Commentaries
by Allegheny professors about writing in their field of
study
Essays about
mayflies written from different disciplinary perspectives
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