Writing Center

Handouts

• Annotated Bibliography [HTML] [PDF]
• Plagiarism [HTML] [PDF] | Listen to a short audio file about plagiarism.
• APA Documentation Style References [HTML] [PDF]
• MLA Documentation Style References [HTML] [PDF]
• Chicago Style Documentation References [HTML] [PDF]

• Relative Clauses [HTML] [PDF]
• Developing a Thesis Statement [HTML] [PDF]
• Getting Started [HTML] [PDF]
• Introductions [HTML] [PDF]
• Paragraphs [HTML] [PDF]
• Style: Sentence Combinations and Word Choice [HTML] [PDF]
• Conclusions [HTML] [PDF]
• Correcting Common Errors in Sentence Structure [HTML] [PDF]
• Parentheses and Dashes [HTML] [PDF]
• Sentence Types [HTML] [PDF]
• Summarizing and Paraphrasing [HTML] [PDF]

• Proofreader's Checklist [PPS]

• Writing Proposals for Theses and Dissertations [HTML] [PDF]
• Personal Statements [HTML] [PDF]
• Writing Funding Proposals [HTML] [PDF]

• Comma Use [HTML] [PDF]
• Article Use [HTML] [PDF]

• Designing an Effective Curriculum Vitae (CV) [HTML] [PDF]
• Writing an Effective Résumé [HTML] [PDF]
• Job Letter and Résumé Checklist [HTML] [PDF]
• Résumé Maintenance [HTML] [PDF]
• Common Résumé Errors [HTML] [PDF]

Links

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
• The Purdue Online Writing Laboratory: A very useful collection of articles on academic writing

• American Psychological Association (APA Documentation Style)
• The Modern Language Association (MLA Documentation Style)
• A quick guide on: Using and acknowledging sources

• Net Tutor: A Helpful OSU Introduction to the Web

• OSU Library: Gateway to Information (guided subject directory to web resources)

• OSU Libary: Libraries Home Page
• OSU Library: OSCAR on the Web
• OSU Library: List of searchable databases
• A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW

• Writing Center Research Project: "The Writing Centers Research Project at the University of Louisville conducts and supports research on writing center theory and practice and maintains a research repository of historical, empirical, and scholarly materials related to Writing Center Studies"