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Writing Process

• Getting Started on a Paper (Amherst College Writing Center)
• Fighting Writer’s Block (Amherst College Writing Center)
• Planning, Writing, Revising (Purdue University Online Writing Lab [OWL])
  This site offers help with the writing process from start to finish and addresses the various kinds of writing required in college classes.
• Managing Your Time (Dartmouth College Academic Skills Center)
  Everyone writes within time constraints; writers and others can find helpful resources here.
• Editing and Proofreading Strategies (Purdue OWL)
  Here are strategies all writers can use to edit and proofread their own work more effectively.

Grammar and Usage

• Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (Purdue OWL)
  A comprehensive collection of handouts and exercises for all writer
• English as a Second Language (ESL) (Purdue OWL)
  Exercises and explanations for writers whose first language is not English
• LEO: Literacy Education Online (St. Cloud State University)
  Helpful information about every aspect of writing, in a user-friendly format

Professional Writing (Résumés, Cover Letters, Reports and More)

• Professional Writing (Purdue OWL)
  An gateway to excellent advice regarding all aspects of career-related writing, including personal statements for graduate and professional schools.

Research Writing

• Academic Responsibility at Bucknell
  A comprehensive guide to Bucknell's policies on Academic Responsibilty
• Research Tools (Bucknell University ISR)
  Learn how to make the most of the Bucknell library's catalogs and databases
• Research and Documenting Sources (Purdue OWL)
  A complete, step-by-step guide to the research process
• Research and Documentation Online (Diana Hacker, St. Martin's Press)
  Highly recommended by peer tutors
• Online Plagiarism Tutorial (University of Southern Mississippi)
  To cite, or not to cite? Do I paraphrase or quote? This quick and easy tutorial provides clear answers in an interactive format.
• Academic Honesty and Intellectual Ownership (Collins Library, University of Puget Sound)
  This site gives especially good examples of "common knowledge" and other problematic concepts in research writing.
• Examples of Plagiarism (Academic Integrity at Princeton)
  Bucknell peer tutors found this site's examples helpful.

Online Sources Recommended by Writing Program Faculty

• Elements of Style (Strunk, 1918).
  "Quaint, but still solid gold." - Duane Griffin, Geography

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last updated: 05/03/2004