Writing Resources
Shasta College Writing Center: Great place to get help on
papers through one-on-one tutoring, MLA help, help getting an email
account, etc.
Free
alternative to MicroSoft Word wordprocessing program. I
haven't tried this but have heard it's a good freeware.
Writing Good Openers: The
title says it all. Site from San Jose State.
Guide to Grammar and
Writing: Stuck at the computer and can't find your Brief Holt Handbook? This page from
Webster University offers quick and easy-to-follow explanations of complicated grammatical
questions.
Guide to MLA Documentation: Something to
guide you through your Works Cited list as well as the arcania of in-text citations.
Landmarks
Citation Machine: Let's you enter in publication information
and it produces the MLA citation for it. Of course, you have to enter in
the information correctly. . .
Writing
About Literature: Purdue University's OWL provides this helpful
information.
Avoiding
Plagiarism: Purdue University's guidelines to staying out of
trouble.
Dictionary:
The American Heritage Dictionary, available through Yahoo.
Roget's Thesaurus: Looking for the right
word or for a synonym of it? The perfect source for synonyms.
Shasta College Library: Click here
to reach Shasta College's on-line catalog. This site also provides links to Chico State's
Meriam Library and to other sites.
Strunk and White's Elements of Style:
This is the classic manifesto of what good style (i.e., what sounds good) in English.
A Word a Day: If you receive email, this
site sends will automatically send you a new word a day, along with its definition and
history. A great way to build your vocabulary painlessly.
