Writing Center Helpful Links - Weber State University

Style Guides Which style guide should you use? Ask your professor first. If s/he doesn't have a preference, here are some suggestions: APA: psychology, education, and other social sciences. MLA: literature, arts, and humanities. AMA: medicine, health, and biological sciences. Turabian: designed for college students to use with all subjects. Chicago: used with "real world" subjects in books, magazines, newspapers, and other non-scholarly publications.
MLA Style	MLA Style MLA Citation for Online Sources Works Cited Style Sheet Frequently Asked Questions The Citation Machine (MLA and APA)
APA Style	APA Style
Turabian Style	Turabian Style Turabian
AMA Style	AMA Style Guide AMA Citation Style
General	Elements of Style
To find lists of more writing style guides	Writing Style Guides More Writing Style Guides

Reference Books
Dictionaries	Hypertext Webster Gateway Cambridge Online Dictionary Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online Dictionaries --A listing of various different types of online dictionaries and encyclopedias.
Thesauruses	Thesaurus.com Roget's II: The New Thesaurus Roget's Thesaurus on Yahoo! Roget's International Thesaurus of English Words & Phrases Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
Quotes	Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Jargon	FOLDOC --Computing. Dictionary of Difficult Words Jargon Dictionary
Handbooks	http://dianahacker.com/bedhandbook http://dianahacker.com/resdoc
Grammar and Punctuation Specific	http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/ http://www.grammarbook.com/


OWLs (Online Writing Center Labs)
Purdue University's OWL	Bowling Green State University Writing Lab.
University of Maine's OWL	Colgate University Writing Center.
University of Michigan's OWL	Comenius English Language Center.
University of Minnesota's OWL	Franklin & Marshall Writing Center.
Dakota State University's OWL	George Mason University Writing Center.
Bemidji State University OWL.
Marist College Academic Learning Center User-friendly Instructional Network (ALCUIN).	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Writing Center.
Michigan Technological University Writing Center.	Literacy Education Online (LEO):
Syracuse University Writing Center.	University of Texas Undergraduate Writing Center.
Trinity College Writing Center.	Virginia Tech's Online Writing Lab.
University of Florida's Networked Writing Environment.	University of Missouri's Online Writery.
University of Richmond Writing Center and WAC Program.	Paradigm Online Writing Assistant.




Other General Links
B.J.'s Homework Helper	This is the best site for people in any field of study.
Plagiarism WSU Online for turnitin.com	This site defines plagiarism and gives helpful tips for how and when to quote and cite. WSU Support for using turnitin.com for writing assignments.
The Indispensable Writing Resource	This site is full of a ton of stuff to help you with your writing.
www.chompchomp.com/menu.htm	This site will help you with grammar.


Professional/Career Information
ACA page	Writing a communication's paper or researching communication issues? Try this site.
Society for Technical Communicators home page	Information on Technical Writing.
Writer's Resource Center	Writing as a career. A professional resource for writers with job listings, writer's guidelines, chat, links, message boards, news, book reviews, author interviews, and an online writing magazine.
Writing graduate/thesis proposals	Guidelines for writing proposals.
Business English Writing	This site provides some great guidelines and examples for writing in Business English style.
Responding to Writing--PowerPoint presentation	Supporting writing across the curriculum

Publishing
NULC home page	Present your papers and poems at Weber State's professional conference!
Books Online	The mother of all On-line Humanities publishers!