Helpful Web Sites for Writers
and Teachers of Writing
June 18, 2007 Writing Survey Interim Report, a survey of students and faculty regarding student writing at PSU.
PSU Writing Center Online contains handouts on many writing problems and links to online writing resources: http://osu.orst.edu/dept/writing-center/twc.html
See PSU Library web site at http://www.lib.pdx.edu
See also www.lib.pdx.edu/instructions/sharons_originals/howto3.html.
Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (OWL) has information on citation methods, internet resources, the writing
process, and several other topics ranging from ESL to word choice.
The following sites are taken from Oregon State University's WIC website http://wic.orst.edu, and our thanks
to Vicki Tolar Burton for permission to list them.
A great site for helping students understand how to evaluate online sources.
It contains
evaluation checklists and teaching materials:
http://www.widener.edu/
Information on citing electronic information in APA, MLA, and Chicago
format from Bedford/St. Martin's On-line Reference Guide to to Using Internet
Sources: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
Fair Use Guidelines from the Consortium of College and University Media
Centers for students and teachers. Click on Multimedia Fair Use Document
and then scroll to "2. Preparation of Educational Multimedia Projects
Using Portions of Copyrighted Works": http://www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/fairuse/guidelines.html
Helpful grammar, usage, and style sites: The Writer's Handbook, University
of Wisconsin, with many student helps including an Editing Checklist explaining
common errors and a Proofreading Handout: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/
Grammar Toolkit, a glossary of grammar terms (Am Heritage Book of English
Usage):
http://www.bartleby.com/64/10.html