MLA Style Guide (Modern Languages Association)
This comprehensive guide begins with a section on how to cite sources from the internet.
Use this style if you are writing a paper in English, Heritage, or other Humanities class.

Research papers in MLA style
This site comes highly recommended by our own writing fellow, Dana Wallace.

APA Style Guide (American Psychological Association)
This comprehensive guide begins with a section on how to cite sources from the internet.
Use this style if you are writing a paper for a Psychology or other Social Science class.

FAQs about APA Style
A clear guide to the most frequently asked questions about APA style, this site tells you how to put together the bibliography, cite an interview, and provides links to other hard-to-find answers.

Chicago Style Guide
A guide to using Chicago style, including how to cite online sources.  This is the preferred style for History papers.

Turabian Style Guide
At Carthage, this is the style preferred by Prof. Roberg.
A modified form of Chicago style, Turabian is the style of choice for political science.

Other Turabian Links:
A Simpler Turabian Guide. From Ithaca College.
Internet Sources in Turabian  Brought to you by the Naval War College.

ASA Style Guide
Style guidelines for Sociology papers from the American Sociological Association.
At Carthage, this style is also preferred by Prof. Schlack in Economics.

Natural Science Style Guide
A CBE style guide, used by writers in the natural sciences

How to Avoid Plagiarism
This site provides helpful guidelines in an easy-to-follow format.

Paraphrasing & Common Knowledge
To cite or not to cite? That is the question....and here are the answers.

What's the Big Deal Anyway?
Why do I need to cite sources? Why should I care? Could I plagiarize accidentally? This site explains it all.

Be Informed: The Consequences
What's considered cheating at Carthage (do you know what "unauthorized collusion" is?) and the possible consequences of plagiarism.

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A Writer's Reference The website that accompanies A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker. The site contains model papers as well as grammar exercises and information on current language debates. This site features do-it yourself quizzes on grammar and writing issues, as well as information on paper writing.

Great Advice on almost any writing issue. This site is awesome!

Punctuation Made Simple

Grammar, Punctuation, and Much More Easy-to-follow handouts on a wide range of grammar and punctuation questions. Brought to you by the folks at the Purdue Writing Center.

Writing A Personal Narrative.
How to write vivid descriptions, use sensory details and what's expected in a personal narrative.

Comparison-Contrast Papers.

How to Use Nonsexist Language This site tells you how to get rid of biased word choices.

How to Write a Research Paper An excellent site with step-by-step explanations for writing a research-based paper.

How To Do An Annotated Bibliography Wondering how to do that annotated bibliography for your research paper? Check out this site, which also features examples.

How To Write An Abstract A clear guide on how to write an abstract for your social sciences paper.

How to Write A Literature Paper Advice and guidelines on writing about a work of literature.

How To Use Quotes Ever wondered where to put the punctuation mark at the end of a quote? Where to put the page number? How to quote a poem? This site offers answers to all the questions you didn't know you had.

How To Use Statistics A guide for using statistics responsibly in your writing.

Taking An Essay Exam. Advice from Indiana University on how to write those all-important questions on the fly.

How to Write Applications and Personal Statements. Applying for internships or grad school? This site offers advice on what they're looking for in a personal statement. It even gives a sample statement.

How to Write Cover Letters

Resume Tips

What to do if your writing doesn't flow Does your teacher writing things like "choppy" and "awkward"? This site tells you how to improve the flow of what you've written.

Revising Prose This site describes 12 basic principles for good prose style.

How to Proofread Your Paper You finished writing. Now what?

Strategies for Finding Your Own Errors An even more comprehensive guide to proofreading.

Julio Rivera's Writing Guide Dr. Rivera's website tells you how to avoid common mistakes when you're writing for the Social Sciences. It also offers a helpful guide to citing your sources, and tells you exactly what to include in a Geography paper.

Purdue's Owls Website for ESL Students

http://a4esl.org/
Activities for ESL students. This excellent site includes grammar quizzes, bilingual vocabulary lists, podcasts designed for ESL listeners, and more.

http://www.cln.org/subjects/esl_cur.html
This site features comprehensive links for ESL teachers and students.

http://www.eslcafe.com/
Dave's ESL cafe. Here you’ll find job boards and resume posting for ESL students, as well lists of English slang and other fun resources.