Internet Help Sites

The World Wide Web offers many useful sites to support writers.  The links listed here are some that we have found helpful.  Check back often for updates to this web page.

Search Engines

Google http://www.google.com

Dogpile Search Engine http://www.dogpile.com/

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Reading Help

Assess Your Reading Habits - http://www.academic.marist.edu/alcuin/tut/reading.html

SQ3R A Reading/Study System - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/sq3r.html

How to Read Your Textbook More Efficiently - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/success/reading.html

Reading Your Textbooks - http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/Txtbook.html

How to Read Essays You Must Analyze - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/essays.html

How to Read a Difficult Book - http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/learn/readbook.html

Six Reading Myths - http://www.dartmouth.edu/~acskills/doc/6_reading_myths.doc

Mark Your Books - http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/learning_resources/reading/Mark_Your_Books.pdf

Suggestions for Improving Reading Speed - http://www.cla.purdue.edu/students/asc/documents/suggestions_for_i_re.pdf

CNN Interactive Learning Resources - http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/week.html

Reading Strategies and Critical Thinking - http://www.academic.marist.edu/alcuin/ssk/stratthink.html

San Jose State's Interactive Critical Thinking Tutorial - http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/graphics/main.html

Reading and Writing Skills Practice - http://www.eslus.com/LESSONS/READING/READ.HTM

Improving Your Reading Skills: Various Perspectives

Reading Skills for University - http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/readingonline/read1.htm

Reading to Comprehend and Learn- http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/psq5r.html

Study Skills Library - http://www.sas.calpoly.edu/asc/ssl/personal.reading.imprvmnt.html

Why Do the Majority of People Read the Way They Do? - http://www.roadtoreading.org/arc/read_training.html

Reading Test Comprehension - http://www.roadtoreading.org/arc/readingtest.html

How to Improve Reading Skills - http://braindance.com/bdiread1.htm

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Writing Help

Purdue University's Resources for Writers - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html

How to Write and Revise a Rough Draft - http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/lrnres/handouts/1234.html

Help With Your Writing - http://leo.stcloudstate.edu

Writing Handouts - http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/

Writing Papers - http://www.ucc.vt.edu.stdysk/writpap.html

Non-sexist Language - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_nonsex.html

Spelling Quiz and Tips - http://www.teachercertification.org/teach/check-your-spelling.php

Grammar - http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/errors.html

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Vocabulary Development

Vocabulary: An Ongoing Process - http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/vocabula.html

A Word a Day - http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/index.html

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Quotations

The Quotations Page - http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - http://www.bartleby.com/99/

Good Quotes by Famous People - http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/quotes.html

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Documenting Sources

MLA & APA Style - http://egghead.psu.edu/~malc/

Online Resources - http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/#online

Academic Integrity - http://www.writing.ku.edu/students/docs/integrity.html

Avoiding Plagiarism - http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/usingsources.html

Copyright and Fair Use - http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

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Paraphrasing

University of Wisconsin--Madison - http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html

• How to avoid plagiarism
• To paraphrase or quote?
• Successful vs. unsuccessful paraphrases
• How to paraphrase a source
• How to quote a source
• Additional resources

Purdue University OWL - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/1/

• Comparison of direct quotations, paraphrasing, and summarizing
• Also contains paraphrasing exercises with answers

University of Texas - http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/handouts/files/Paraphrasing.pdf Highlights two problems: Failure to cite source and lack of significant rewording

• Suggestions about note taking and paraphrasing

University of Arizona -http://www.gened.arizona.edu/eslweb/paraphra.htm

• Good explanation of how to make changes to properly paraphrase

Paraphrasing tool: Lets you enter an original and your paraphrase for a comparison - http://www.coedu.usf.edu/~dorn/testdiff.html

Lemonade Tutorials: Adding humor to the subject of plagiarism -http://www.coedu.usf.edu/~dorn/tutorials/lemonade.htm

Online Writing Labs

Grammar Help - http://www.hut.fi/~rvilmi/LangHelp/Grammar

Guide to Grammar and Style - http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

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Punctuation Resources

Punctuation Pointers From Canada Natural Resources - http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ess/pubs/guide/punct/period_e.html

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Sentence Skills

Sentence Skills Sample Test -http://www.yccd.edu/assessment/tests/sentenceskills.html

Sentence Combining Skills - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/combining_skills.htm

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Word and Sentence Level - http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

Sentence Construction - http://owl.english.perdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#construction

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