Revising the Paper
Linked here is a checklist for critical reading from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Reviewing these 12 common errors before handing in a draft is an easy way to improve the quality of the work.
Some
useful revision guidelines and strategies, from
George Mason University. There's also a handy "polishing
and editing checklist"
that includes a number of questions writers can ask themselves while
putting the finishing touches on a composition.
Washington
State University's "plagiarism information" site aims to answer the
ever-pressing question of
what "intellectual
property" is, and provides
useful ways for students to
spot plagiarism
in their own works.
The
Bedford/St. Martin's Guide
- in addition to providing
tips for evaluating
sources and a
list of useful style
manuals - suggests ways to find
and document sources from the disciplines of humanities, social
sciences, history, and sciences.
Bedford/St. Martin's also includes some useful
model papers (demonstrating proper citations) to peruse, in various
disciplines including
humanities,
business/technical
writing, and
natural/applied sciences.
Writing the Paper
There's some help to be found right here, at the on-line home for
TCNJ's tutoring center. Click
on
"Tips for Studying and Writing"
to explore some useful study strategies.
The Purdue OWL, besides being one of the first websites of its kind, is renowned as one of the most helpful online resources available to students. There's a wealth of helpful links here covering topics ranging from academic writing techniques to basic grammar and mechanics to writing in specific disciplines.
The
Writing Center at Princeton University links students to universally
helpful advice on academic writing; they cover everything from getting
started by
finding a topic
to appeasing "writer's
anxiety".
The Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides a number of "handouts" to walk students through the writing process step by step. Categories include writing the paper, citation, style and sentence level concerns, specific writing assignments and writing for specific fields.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Writing Center has an overview of citation techniques, as well as explaining the stages of the writing process and ways to improve one's writing style.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's writer's workshop lists general and genre-specific writing tips alike.