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A+ Research & Writing for High School and College Students
This web site is sponsored by the Internet Public Library that provides credible methods for writing a research paper.
The Biography Maker
These on-line lessons explain what a biography should be and walks writers through questioning, learning, synthesis, and story-telling.
Bowling Green State University Writing Lab Handouts
Here you will find information ranging from sentence combining techniques, effectively organizing a paper, and how to avoid plagiarism.
Dartmouth College Composition Center
Complete Student Resource guide to writing an academic paper
How to Write an Outline
Step-by-step directions with a model
Guide to Citation Style Guides
This has links to any kind of citation you can imagine you would need to know.
The Maple Woods Online Writing Center
Excellent handouts on a variety of writing topics, including prewriting techniques, sensory details, thesis statements, and common essay organizational patterns.
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Discovering what to write, organizing your writing, revising, editing, writing informal essays, writing thesis/support essays, writing exploratory essays, writing argumentative essays, documenting your sources.
Paraphrasing and Quoting
When you write papers, you will often need to use someone else's ideas to prove your point. When you do this, you can either quote them, or paraphrase (summarize in your own words) what they wrote. (from Engish Works: Galludet University)
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Purdue's OWL includes, among other things, handouts for students and teachers about general writing concerns (the writing process), English as a Second Language (such as writing for an American audience and help with English conventions), grammar, spelling, and punctuation, research and documenting sources (including MLA and APA styles), professional writing (such as resumes and cover letters), and writing across the curriculum (incorporating writing into a variety of disciplines).
Writing a Research Paper
Presented by Purdue's OWL
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