Helpful Links

Citing Sources  Creative Writing  Grammar/ESL Help  Just for Fun 
Personal Statements  Quotes  Reference  Resumes and Cover Letters
 The Writing Process  Writing About Literary Theory  Writing About Poetry

Citing Sources

Citation Machine

http://www.citationmachine.net/

            Type in the requested source information and the site will create your citation and provide an example of how to cite it in the text. 

Diana Hacker

http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc

            Great website to help you find database sources and document your sources for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE. 

Pickler Memorial Library at Truman State University

http://library.truman.edu/weblinks/citing-sources.htm     

List of various sources to help you find the right way to cite a source.   

Long Island University B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library

http://www.nwmissouri.edu/library/citing/citing.htm

            Color-coded examples of citations for every style. 

http://www.psywww.com/resource/apacrib.htm

            List of resources for APA style.

 

Creative Writing

1000 Ideas for Writing

http://www.timesaversforteachers.com/index_page0010.htm

            1000 fun writing prompts. 

Writers Digest

http://www.writersdigest.com/

            Creative writing resources, tips, prompts, and more.

 

Grammar/ESL Help

A Writers Reference

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/writersref6e/Player/Pages/Main.aspx

            A great resource for grammar, conducting research, and writing a paper

 Dave’s ESL Cafe

http://www.eslcafe.com/

            Resource for ESL students.  It has different quizzes, idiom lists, phrasal verbs, etc. 

OWL:  Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html

            Information on grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

 

Just for Fun

MadLibs Online

http://us.penguigroup.com/static/packages/us/yreaders/madlibs/

            Type in the requested part of speech and get a silly story!

 The Pulitzer Prizes

http://www.pulitzer.org/

            Learn the history of the Prize and read some of the winners.

 

Personal Statements 

Indiana University Writing Services

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/personal_statement.shtml

            Guidelines for writing personal statements and application letters.

 OWL:  Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/642/01/

            Guidelines, examples, and advice for writing personal statements 

University of California-Berkeley

http://students.berkeley.edu/apa/personalstatement/index.htm

            Help for writing a personal statement with step by step guidelines in a sample essay

 

Quotes

The Quotations Page

http://www.quotationspage.com/

            Search quotes by author or subject.

 Brainy Quote

http://www.brainyquote.com/

            Search for quotes by topic, author, or type of author.

 

Reference 

Dogpile

http://www.dogpile.com/

Type in your search subject and receive hits from Google, Yahoo, windows live, and Ask. 

Pickler Memorial Library

http://library.truman.edu/           

OneLook Dictionary Search

http://www.onelook.com

            “11,254,217 words in 966 dictionaries indexed”

 Webcrawler

http://webcrawler.com/

            Searches Google, Yahoo, windows live, and Ask from one site

 

Resumes and Cover Letters 

Career Center at Truman State University

http://career.truman.edu/Publications/resume.pdf

Online booklet about how to write resumes and cover letters provided by the Truman State University Career Center 

The Writing Center at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute  

http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/cover_letter.html#purpose

            Guidelines for writing cover letters.  Provides example letters

 

The Writing Process 

Colorado State University

http://writing.colostate.edu/activities/index.cfm?showdescriptions=show

            Step by step guidelines for every part of the writing process. 

Purdue Online Writing Lab

http://owl.english.purdue.edu

            Everything you need to know about writing. 

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

http://powa.org/

Great resource for any step of the writing process.  Provides guidelines for a variety of essay styles.

 

Writing About Literary Theory 

Introductory Guide to Critical Theory

http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/index.html

Basic overview of the different types of critical theory and examples of how to apply them. 

University of Illinois Writers’ Workshop

http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/writing_tips/
literature.papers.htm

            Guidelines for writing literature papers.

 

Writing About Poetry 

OWL:  Purdue University

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/615/01

            Tips for writing about poetry 

University of North Carolina Poetry Explications

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html

Explanation and examples of poetry, its techniques, and vocabulary.  Also gives tips for writing about poetry