* http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html
Become familiar with our own Writer's Handbook here at the UW-Madison Writing Center. Check us out for citations, grammar, punctuation, and different types of academic and professional writing!

* http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
This is Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). Perhaps the best-known and most extensive of all online writing centers, Purdue's site has handouts about almost every facet of writing imaginable. You might spend a little time browsing the site to get a sense of the resources it offers. For quick questions, use the search function on the right side of the front page or check out the complete index of handouts: * http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html . Many of these handouts have links to .pdf and printer-friendly versions.

Types of Papers
* http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Assignments.html (links to many types of papers)
http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing/owlhandout/book_report.html (book reports)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/critique.html (book critiques)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/abstracts.html (abstracts)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/labs.html (lab reports)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/presentation.html (oral presentations)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/essay-exams.html (essay exams)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html (poetry explications)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html (writing art history papers)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/history.html (writing history papers)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/communications.html (writing in comm arts)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/philosophy.html (writing philosophy papers)
http://fbox.vt.edu/eng/mech/writing/ (writing in engineering and the sciences)
* http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/EssaysToc.html (writing various types of essays)

Abstracts, Research Proposals, and Dissertations
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/propbooks.html (print sources on proposals)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/dissbooks.html (print sources on dissertations)
http://writecenter.cgu.edu/students/conprops.html (conference proposals and abstracts)
http://www.leidenuniv.nl/hil/abstr.htm (conference proposals and abstracts)

Theses & Argumentation
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_thesis.html (thesis statements)
* http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/thesis.html (thesis statements)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/argument.html (writing arguments)
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/paragraphs.htm (developing strong paragraphs)

Other
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#pwrg (getting started on a paper)
* http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_websearch2.html (using the Web for research)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#bw (tons of great links for all sorts of professional writing)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/cover_letter.html (cover letters)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CoverLetters.html (cover letters)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/BusinessLetter.html (business letters)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/memos.html (memos)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/resume.html (resumes)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/gradapp.html (grad school application essays)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/apessay.html (application essays and personal statements)
http://writing.colostate.edu/references/documents/bletter/ (business letters)

General
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/GrammarToc.html
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/GramPunct.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#punctuation (links to many punctuation pages)
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/GrammarToc.html
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/punctuation.html (commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, etc.)
* http://earlygirl.com/sincerely.shtml (fun and funny review of frequent grammar / idiom mistakes)
* http://www.stpt.usf.edu/pms/

Dangling Modifiers
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html#dangling
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors_BestMod.html(funniest dangling modifiers of all time)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_dangmod.html

Expletive Construction
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ClearConciseSentences.html#expletive

Parallelism
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html#parallel
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_parallel.html

Passive Voice
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ClearConciseSentences.html#active
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

Quoting
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/quoting.html (a long page with info on integrating, analyzing, sizing, and indenting quotes -- and much more)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QuotingSources.html (summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase.html (paraphrasing)

Sentence Fragments
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html#frag

Strong Sentences
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#construction (many links on sentence construction)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CoordConj.html (building more complex sentences with adverbs and conjunctions)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ClearConciseSentences.html (making your sentences clearer and more concise)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Transitions.html (transitions and "flow" words)
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm (transitions)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentp.html (types of sentences; understanding sentence formation)
http://www.siu.edu/~write/PDF/readability.pdf (keeping your sentence readable)
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sentences.htm (sentence structure and variety)
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/combining_skills.htm (combining sentences for greater complexity)

Subject-Verb Agreement
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/SubjectVerb.html

Apostrophes
see "Possessives," below

Colons
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/colon.html

Commas
http://www.bartleby.com/68/43/1343.html (commas for clarity)
http://www.bartleby.com/68/40/1340.html (general)
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/comma.html (general)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Commas.html (with restrictive and non-restrictive clauses)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaess.html (with essential and non-essential elements)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_appos.html (with appositives)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html#omitted (commas left out)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html#superfluous (unneeded commas)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html#splices (the comma splice -- a.k.a. the run-on sentence)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentpr.html (more on the comma splice)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaint.html (after introductory elements)

Dashes
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Dashes.html
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/dash.html

Hyphens
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_hyphen.html

Possessives
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/CommonErrors.html#apostrophe
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apost.html (possessives, plus other uses of the apostrophe)
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/apostrophe.html (possessives and apostrophes)

Quotation Marks
http://www.bartleby.com/68/40/4940.html (quotations, quotations within quotations, titles, with other punctuation, etc.)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html (a great overview)

Semicolons
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Semicolons.html (when and when not to use them)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commacomp.html (semicolons vs. commas)
http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~olson/pms/semicolon.html (general)

MLA
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mla.html (tons of info on both citations and style)
http://www.siu.edu/~write/PDF/mladoc.pdf
http://www.mla.org/style (MLA FAQs)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/mla.html (MLA citiation basics)
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml (MLA paper formatting and citation info)
http://www.wpunj.edu/wpcpages/library/citing.htm (MLA electronic citations)
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/english.html (includes a sample paper)

APA
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/apa.html (tons of info on both citations and style)
http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html (APA FAQs)
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html (APA electronic citations)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/apa.html (APA citation basics)
http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/apa-crib.html (APA rules: abbreviations, italics, numbers, etc.)
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/social_sciences/intext.html (includes a sample paper)

Chicago
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/chicago.html (tons on both citations and style)
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/history/footnotes.html (includes a sample paper)

CBE
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/science.html (tons on both citations and style)
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/cbe.html
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocCBE.html
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/sciences/number.html (includes a sample paper)

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#esl (many useful links)
* http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/esl.html (using English articles)

http://www.bartleby.com/100/ (Bartlett's Familiar Quotations)
http://dictionary.reference.com/ (Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com)
http://www.m-w.com/thesaurus.htm (Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus)
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html (Roget's thesaurus)
http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm (literary terms)
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/LiteraryTermsIndex.html (literary terms)
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/ (literary terms)
http://www.google.com/ (search engine)
* http://www.britannica.com/ (encyclopedia)
http://www.encyclopedia.com/ (encyclopedia)
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/glossary.html (glossary of literary and web terms)

* http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/index.html (grammar exercises for ESL students)
http://writing.colostate.edu/tutorial.htm (general writing process tutorials)
http://writinggateway.mq.edu.au/part2/p2_orient.html (helps interpret and approach writing assignments)
* http://www.powa.org/ (step-by-step guidance in the writing process, with activities)
http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/acct/writing/index.html (business writing; grammar and style)
http://www.businessletterpunch.com/ (tutorial on writing business letters)
http://www.questcareer.com/tips.htm (tips on writing resumes)
http://www.peakenglish.com/ (offers courses for non-native speakers of English)
http://www.englishpage.com/index.html (free online course in English and other resources for ESL)
http://www.study.com/ (courses in English and responses from instructors on grammatical questions)
http://www.write.org/ (creative writing workshops)
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/writing-courses.htm (links to variety of online writing courses)
http://www.worldwidelearn.com/writing-courses.htm (courses in academic, professional, and resume writing, some appropriate for ESL students)

* http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Forms/E-Instruct.html (our website allows you to work on a paper with an instructor online, or to email brief questions about writing)
http://writing.colostate.edu/wcenter/email/ (accepts drafts from outside students if not too busy)
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/owl/howto.html (accepts drafts from outside students; 72 hour turnaround time)
http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/VT.html (offers form to email writing questions and short drafts; accepts drafts from outside students)
http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/academics/departments/writingcenter/et.htm (allows non-students to email papers, also has writing tutorials)
http://www.editavenue.com/ (paid, professional editing service)