University Writing

 

 

Online Writing Resources

  

General Resources

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

This is the Purdue Online Writing Center. It has excellent helps in a number of area.

 

http://english.byu.edu/WritingCenter/writingtips.html

The BYU Writing Center also has a fine collection of helps for writers.

  

Helps with Usage, Grammar, and Punctuation

http://www.dianahacker.com/student.html

Diana Hacker has an excellent website to use in connection with her handbooks. But you don’t need to have bought the handbook to use it. Just click on one of the covers, log in with a name, and you can do self-correcting exercises, which include explanations.

 

http://webclips.byu.edu/

BYU has self-paced instruction modules on grammar, etc. Students can take a pre-test and a post-test, as well as practice with learning drills. You need to register your class with them to use this, but it can be very helpful. Talk to Harold Hendricks (2-6448) for more information.

 

  

Documentation Format Style Guides

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html

University of Wisconsin at Madison has a user-friendly guide to most documentation formats.

http://www.lib.byu.edu/cgi-bin/SubsUtility/dbresources.pl?e_id=25

The BYU library has links to many good online resources for various formats.

https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/login.asp?WNCLang=false
Refworks is an online personal database and bibliography-creator offered through the BYU library.  You can store your references and then create bibliography lists in whatever format you want. The service is free for BYU students.