Helpful Links

Citation Guidelines and Research Tools

University of Minnesota Research Paper Calculator
http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator
A great online calculator that breaks down writing a research paper into manageable steps.

Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/hacker/resdoc
A great resource for using and citing sources in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles.

Modern Language Association Homepage--http://www.mla.org
This is the official MLA site.

NoodleTools--Smart Tools, Smart Research--http://www.noodletools.com
This site is a great source for online research resources. With search engines and MLA guides, this site simplifies the research process.

Dictionaries

Dictionary.com--http://www.dictionary.com
This site contains links to various dictionary sites. It is great for looking up troublesome words.

Cambridge Dictionaries Online--http://dictionary.cambridge.org
This site contains online dictionaries for people learning English.

Grammar Help:

Grammar Resources on the Web
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/grammar.htm
Grammar Resources on the Web is the University of Chicago's site providing quick grammar help, grammar guides, and guides to technical writing.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab--http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Purdue University's online writing lab has handouts on hundreds of topics and links to useful resources for students and faculty.

Webgrammar's Free Tips--http://www.webgrammar.com
This site includes general to specific grammar tips as well as a Writing Section with style guides and other resources.

Full Text Literature

Bartleby.com: Great Books Online--http://www.bartleby.com
This is a collection of full-text books, short stories, poems, quotations and references.

Project Gutenburg Official Home Site--http://www.gutenberg.net
Project Gutenberg offers E-texts in various subject areas.

Electronic Text Center--University of Virginia Library--http://etext.lib.virginia.edu
University of Virginia's Online Text Center has several collections of texts including African American Literature, Early American Literature, Women Writers, and Shakespeare.

Plagiarism

Bedford St. Martin's Technotes
http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm
This "Technote" includes tips for faculty members on how to help students avoid plagiarism, including numerous links to related articles on preventing plagiarism.

Bruce Leland's Plagiarism and the Web
http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm
This site includes point-by-point suggestions for helping students understand and avoid plagiarism, as well as links to related sites of interest to faculty members and students.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html
This page from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) teaches writers how to understand and avoid plagiarism in a series of easy-to-follow tables. It also includes exercises and a brief bibliography.