Writing & Research Resources

This is a collection of useful resources to help you through course assignments. You should use this page in conjunction with the resources for your course on the course materials page.

Downloadable Documents

• How to Set Up MLA in Word Documents

• Project Plan Handout

• Note-Taking Tips for Students

• Elements of story cartoon diagram

• Citing Electronic Sources

• Character Checksheet and Traits Handout

• Structure of a General Expository Essay

• Basic Literary Elements Chart

• Building Background Info (Worksheet)

• Clustering Template

Writing Resources

• The Elements of Style

• The OWL at Purdue

• Reading to Write — The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill

• Writing in College – A Short Guide to College Writing 

• Writing in College – A Short Guide to College Writing

• A Guide for Writing Research Papers

• Transitional Words and Phrases

• Transitional Words (Purdue Owl)

• Transitions and Transition Word Game

• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography– Cornell University

• A Step-by-Step Guide on Writing a Scholarly Paper

• Anatomy of a Scholarly Article: NCSU Libraries

• An Academic Paragraph Worksheet

• Writing Persuasive Arguments Outline

• Essay Outlining

• An Academic Paragraph Worksheet

Blogfolio Resources

• WordPress.com

• Using WordPress 

• Learn WordPress

• Tumblr

• Posterous

• Wix

• Google Blogger

• Writing Spaces Web Writing Style Guide (1.0) by M. Barton, et al

• Wiggio 

See Also:  On Blogfolios

Grammar Resources

Grammar Bytes 

One of the best online resources for learning about grammar and punctuation.  This is the place to go when you have a question.