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Below are links to some other Web sites that can help with your writing.
Online Writing Labs and Writing Guides
These Web sites offer handouts, exercises, and other resources on writing, grammar, and documenting sources.
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Colorado State University Writing Guides
- University of Wisconsin Writing Center Handbook
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
Citing Sources
- MLA Style—The Modern Language Association (MLA) documentation style: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- APA Style—The American Psychological Association (APA) documentation style: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Chicago Style—Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
- ASA (Sociology) Style—The Purdue Online Writing Lab's guides to formatting the manuscript, in-text citations, and references page of papers in the American Sociological Association style (Click Next Resource in the lower right corner of each page to access the other pages.)
- Research and Documentation Online—Writing and research manuals for humanities, social sciences, history, and sciences by Diana Hacker
- Citing Your Sources—The University of California Berkeley Library guides to citing your sources in three documentation styles
- Research and Citation Resources—The Purdue Online Writing Lab's guides to formatting papers in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles
- JAS: Journal of Animal Science style—Sometimes used in agriculture classes.
Research Links
- Library Catalog—Find books in the Sierra College Library and other libraries.
- Library Research Databases—Find articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals through ProQuest and other online databases provided by the Sierra College Library. NOTE: Off-campus users must log in to their mySierra accounts and click "LRC/Electronic Reserves" in the "Links" area in the lower left corner of their mySierra homepage.
- Internet Search—Search the Internet with Ask.com, Bing, Exalead, Gigablast, Google, Infomine, ipl2, Scirus, and Yahoo, as well as Art and Architecture on the Internet and Primary Sources on the Internet.
- Modern American Poetry—Read what critics say about over 100 poets' works.
Sample Research Papers
- A Writer's Reference—On this Web site for Diana Hacker's popular handbook, click the link to "Model papers." Sample research papers in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE (CBE) styles are provided, along with samples showing how to write an outline, an annotated bibliography, literary anaylsis and argument papers.
Dictionaries On-Line
- Merriam-Webster OnLine—Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus
- Dictionary.com—Definitions from The American Heritage Dictionary and Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Dictionaries On-Line for Learners of English
- The Newbury House Dictionary of American English
- Cambridge Dictionaries Online
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Writing and Grammar Exercises
ESL Writing and Grammar Exercises
- Grammar-Quizzes.com
- Activities for ESL Students provided by The Internet TESL Journal
- ESL Quiz Center at Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe
- English-Zone.com
- English as a Second Language Page at the Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Study Zone at the English Language Center, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Reference Books On-Line
- Bartleby Reference—Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, The American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, and many other classic and contemporary reference books
Writing the Personal Statement for College Applications
- The Personal Statement—How to write the personal statement for an application to the University of California or other 4-year university.
- Transfer Admission—Brochure on transferring to UC Berkeley, including information on writing the personal statement (page 4).