Pathfinder for ENG 1010: College Composition I
and ENG 1020: College Composition II
Selected Web Sites
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University (OWL) (large variety of writing resources and style guides)
The Undergraduate Writing Center at the University of Texas (printable handouts on a variety of grammar and composition topics)
http://projects.uwc.utexas.edu/handouts
The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (advice on styles of writing, etc.)
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html
Principles of Composition – The Writing Process & Guide to Grammar and Writing (hosted by Capital Community College, Hartford, CT)
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/composition.htm
Grammar Resources on the Web: University of Chicago Writing Program
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/grammar.htm
Merriam-Webster Online (English dictionary with audio pronunciation)
The Online Slang Dictionary (maintained by Walter Rader)
http://onlineslangdictionary.com
The Elements of Style (William Strunk’s classic on English usage and composition hosted on the Bartleby.com website in its 1918 form)
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
Common Errors in English (Washington State University Professor of English, Paul Brians, popular web site on correct usage; click on “Go to list of errors” at the bottom the linked page)
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors
Logical Fallacies (a tutorial and compendium of errors in reasoning created by Dr. Michael C. Labossiere and hosted by The Nizkor Project)
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies
Madonna University Library's Citation Guides (links to a variety of citation formats, e.g. APA, MLA, etc.)
Credo Reference (Concept Maps and numerous language dictionaries available from this Madonna database; password required for off-campus access)
Selected Books on Report Writing in the Madonna University Library
BF76.7 R67 2006
Writing Papers in Psychology: a student guide to research reports, literature reviews, proposals, posters and handouts/ Ralph L. Rosnow. Belmont, CA: Thompson, 2006.
LB1047.3 S78 1994
Nine Steps to a Quality Research Paper/ Harry Stuurmans. Worthington, OH: Linworth, 1994.
LB2369 C595 2000
Yale Daily News Guide to Writing College Papers/ Justin M. Cohen et al. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.
LB2369 L4 2005
Writing Research Papers: a complete guide/ James D. Lester. New York: Longmans, 2005.
LB2369 R66 1999
The Research Paper: process, form, and content/ Audrey J. Roth. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1999.
WPE1408 B4315 2002
A Short Guide to College Writing/ Sylvan Barnet et al. New York: Longman, 2002.
PE1408 S7836 2004
Academic Writing for Graduate Students: essential tasks and skills/ John M. Swales. Ann Arbor: U of M Press, 2004.
QH304 P43
A Short Guide to Writing about Biology/ Jan A. Pechenik. New York: Longman, 2001.
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