:: Writing Proficiency

Links to Online Writing Resources

Plagiarism and Policies Regarding Plagiarism at UMass/Boston:

Academic Dishonesty Policy and Procedures

Code of Student Conduct

Avoiding Plagiarism: 

http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/plagiarism

Duke University http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/

Guides to College Writing:

University of North Carolina Writing Center http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/index.html

Harvard University Writing Program http://fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/resources.html

Brown University Writing Center http://www.brown.edu/Student_Services/Writing_Center/castellanos.htm

University of Chicago Writing Program http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/

Washington College Writing Center http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/

Purdue University Writing Center http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html

Dartmouth Writing Center http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml

Books online:

Elements of Style:

http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

A Writer's Reference, by Diana Hacker

Link to 5th Edition: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

Link to 6th Edition: dianahacker.com/writersref

Oxford English Dictionary:

http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl

 

Links to Online Style Guides:

A Style and Grammar Guides:

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Online Writing Resources for Faculty:

Workshop Site On Plagiarism:

http://bedfordstmartins.com/plagiarism/

Understanding and Handling Plagiarism: 

http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm

http://www.lib.umb.edu/cheating/

http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/plagiarism/main.html

http://tass-plagiarism.blogspot.com/

Guides to Help You Teach Writing and Content:

Various topics in Writing Instruction http://cai.ucdavis.edu/trc/trcgrid.html

Guide to Creating Effective Writing Assignments: http://web.mit.edu/writing/Faculty/createeffective.html

http://wac.colostate.edu/intro/

http://sp.uconn.edu/~wrtngctr/WritingBetLines.html

Writing in the Disciplines:

http://wac.colostate.edu/atd/

http://wac.gmu.edu/guides/national%20guides.html

http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/writingbrd/wacac.html