Writing Resources

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Citation & References

• OWL at Purdue
This website provides MLA, APA, Chicago style in-text citation, formatting, and referencing rules, regulations, and examples. It also gives information on business writing: resumes, email etiquette, memos and reports. Additional links concerning writing and academic resources are also available.


• Citation Machine
Citation machine helps students and professional researchers to properly credit information that they use.


• Introduction to APA Style Formatting (Created by Moye Library Staff)


• Avoiding Plagiarism (Created by Moye Library Staff)


• Plagiarism, Eh?: How to Recognize It and Get It Out of Your Life (Created by William Badke, Associate Librarian at Trinity Western University in 2007)


• Need Help with MLA? (Created by The Hunter College Writing Across the Curriculum Program, Library, and ICIT)


• APA Style Formatting

Research tips

• NCLive.org
  This website provides research informational tool such as: eBooks, audio books, videos, online magazines, newspapers, journals, and more.


• NetLibrary E-Books:
  Using E-Books for College Research (Created by Chris Hartman, Fort Lewis College)


• Don't Google It, ASP It
  (Created by Richard Baer of Camosun College) This tutorial explains the fundamental differences in using Google versus using Academic Search Premier from EBSCOHost in NC LIVE for your academic research. Learn easy tips for finding peer-reviewd articles in ASP


• Effectively Using Truncation
  (Video was created by Colorado State University Libraries)


• Keyword Searching in Library Databases
  (Created by Chris Niemeyer, University of Missouri - St. Louis)


• How to Use Connectors When Searching Databases
  This series of tutorials goes into Boolean searching, truncation, nesting and keyword searching. (Created by Arizona State University Libraries)


• Peer-Reviewd in Five Minutes:
  What's So Special about Peer-Reviewed Articles? (This animated tutorial was created at NC State University)


• Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface
  (Created by NC State University)

Helpful writing & grammar review sites

• Chompchomp
  This website allows a student to participate in free online grammar review exercises that tell the student why they got the answer wrong or right. It also provides free handouts, presentations, terminology, and YouTube videos.


• Student Writing & Success Skills
  The College Board website provides informational examples and exercises on improving study skills, writing skills, and overall academic enrichment.

Presentations

1. “Writing Rocks” Workshop Video Series
Series that introduces the student to the writing process starting with topic selection and progressing to documenting their sources. Presented by the Tutoring and Writing Center - Co-sponsored with Library.

• “Approaching the Assignment”
  This workshop will teach the student how to be aware of the purpose, audience, and scope in the process of topic selection.
• “Evaluating Research Sources”
  This workshop will teach the student how to find legitimate sources for research.
• “Distinguishing Fact vs. Opinion”
  This workshop will strengthen the student’s critical thinking skills and help them to identify common fallacies.
• “Documenting your sources”
  This workshop will introduce students to both MLA and APA documentation formats

2. Funny English Mistakes from Around the World


3. Grammar to Go!


4. Grammar to Go: Basic Writing Mechanics


5. Passport to Academic Writing