Writing Center

ONLINE RESOURCES

Information about writing is plentiful on the internet, especially through the International Writing Centers Association's (IWCA) . Four good examples are listed below.

Some Myths about Writing, Bemidgi St. Univ.
General Help , Brown University http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Writing_Center/
resources/writers/index.html
Steps in the Writing Process, Presbyterian College

Exploring Topics by Stages, University of Richmond (insert the flowing link) http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html

ADDITIONAL ONLINE RESOURCES

ESL Sites

Dave's ESL Café
http://eslcafe.com

Government Sites

United Nations http://www.un.org
U.S. Government Printing Office http://www.access.gpo.gov
U.S. State and Local Gateway http://www.statelocal.gov

News Sites

The Boston Globe http://www.bostonglobe.com
The New York Times on the Web http://www.nytimes.com
U. S. News Online http://www.usnews.com/usnews/home.htm
The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com

Reference Sites

Webster's Dictionary (WWWebster) http://www.m-w.com/
One-Look Dictionaries http://www.onelook.com
Roget's Thesaurus (ARTFUL Project, University of Chicago) http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html
Atlapedia Online http://www.atlapedia.com
Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq

Research Documentation Styles (APA, CBE, Chicago, MLA)

Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation On-line http://bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc/

Sites for Evaluating Web Sites

"Evaluating Web Sites: Criteria and Tools" Olin Kroch Uris Libraries, Cornell University http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

Text Archives

Project Bartleby Archive, Columbia University http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby
Project Gutenberg http://promo.net/pg

Virtual Libraries

The Internet Public Library http://ipl.org
The WWW Virtual Library http://vlib.org
The Webliography: Internet Subject Guides (coming soon) http://promo.net/pg

On-Line Writing Centers at Other Colleges and Universities

The International Writing Centers Association's (IWCA) site is a good starting point, when you are looking for On-Line Writing Labs (OWL's). These OWL's vary in size, quality, and services.

Several sites that offer especially helpful resources are listed below. Most of these have good handouts.

IWCA http://writingcenters.org/index.php
Brown Univ. http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Writing_Center/
Geo. Mason Univ. http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/
Presbyterian Coll. http://home.presby.edu/writingc/
Purdue Univ. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
St. Cloud St. U. http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/
Trinity Coll. http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/writcent/