Writing Center

Note: Additional handouts are available at The Writing Center in 475 Mendenhall Laboratory.

Citations

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

Drafting and Style

• 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]

Editing

• Proofreader's Checklist [PPS]

Genres

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

Grammar

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

Job Materials

• 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

Writing Help on the Web

• 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
• How to work with transitions
  

Documentation

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

Grammar

• How to edit strings of prepositional phrases
• More information about prepositions

Research

• OSU Libraries:Guide to Citations
• OSU Libraries: Gateway to Information (guided subject directory to web resources)
• OSU Libaries: Libraries Home Page
• OSU Libraries: OSCAR on the Web
• OSU Libraries: List of searchable databases
• A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW

Writing Center Scholarship

• 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"