Student Resources
In addition to tutoring, the Writing Center
makes additional resources available both in the physical Center and online.
Students in the Center have access to our resource library, which holds
grammar guides, dictionaries, style manuals, and other books of interest
to college writers. Our computers are loaded with helpful software, including
the full Microsoft Office suite, desktop publishing applications, and website
development tools. We also make handouts available
both in the Center and online. These cover topics that range from using
commas to writing philosophy papers. Each year, we add new handouts to our
series in response to student and faculty concerns about writing assignments.
In addition to our in-center resources, here are some links that you may
find useful:
General
- Purdue University
Online Writing Lab
- A great collection of resources, including handouts on citation styles
and resources for speakers of English as a second language.
- The
St. Martin's Handbook, 5th Edition
- The companion site to the St. Martin's handbook. It includes a list
of the 20 most common student writing errors, online writing exercises,
and an annotated links section.
Dictionaries
- English: Merriam-Webster
Online
- This site contains both an English dictionary and thesaurus. You can
also play word games and sign up for a vocabulary newsletter.
- French: WordReference
- The WordReference French dictionary is based on the Collins Paperback
French Dictionary.
- German: LEO (Link
Everything Online)
- An online service of Informatik der Technischen Universität München.
This site is excellent not only for translating single words but also
for translating both English and German colloquial phrases.
- Latin: Word
Study Tool
- An online service that makes it possible for someone to acquire a morphological
analysis of Latin words. It not only describes the words' contexts, but
also links to where the words may have been used before, in order to show
it works in different Latin writers' works.
- English
to Latin
- The University of Notre Dame's definitive listing for translations between
English and Latin. While it does not provide various different forms and
actual conjugations, it gives the basic meaning for the translated English
word.
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- Spanish: WordReference
- WordReference also has a Spanish dictionary based on the Collins Paperback
Spanish Dictionary.
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Grammar
- The Guide
to Grammar and Writing
- Sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, this site offers
grammar explanations, tips and online quizzes, along with information
about the writing process
- Webgrammar
- This site covers grammar fundamentals, common mistakes, and grammar
tips.
Online Research Aids
- Bartleby.com
- According to itself, this site is "the preeminent publisher of
literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the
intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information
on the web, free of charge." The site includes an encyclopedia, dictionary,
the searchable complete works of Shakespeare, and more.
- Project
Gutenberg
- The "Internet's oldest producer of free electronic books" collects thousands
of free e-books available for all.
Style Guides
- Using
Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab offers a thorough guide to MLA
style and includes information on citing electronic sources.
- Using
American Psychological Association (APA) Format
- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab also offers an APA style guide
that includes information on citing electronic sources.
- Chicago-Turabian
Documentation
- The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers a comprehensive
guide to Chicago citation style.
- Quick
AP Style Reference
- This website lays out the general rules of Associated Press style, which
is generally used in journalistic communications.
The Writing Center
McCain Library G-13/Agnes Scott College
141 E. College Ave. Decatur/Atlanta, GA 30030
404.471.6242
