The Writing Center
Citation Styles Handouts
- APA Citation Style (PDF)
- MLA Citation Style (PDF)
- American Chemical Society - ACS (PDF)
- American Medical Association (AMA) References (PDF)
- American Sociological Association Citations - ASA (PDF)
- Council of Biology Editors - Scientific Style and Format - CBE (PDF)
- Chicago Citation Style (PDF)
Other Citation Guidelines Information
- APA Page Formatting (PDF)
- MLA Page Formatting (PDF)
- How To Quote Effectively (PDF)
- Annotated Bibliography (PDF)
- Plagiarism (PDF)
Links to other Citation Websites
- APA Official Website
- MLA Official Website
- Chicago Style Official Website
- Long Island University, B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library, Citation Styles for Research Papers page
- Dallas Baptist University Writing Center
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
- Additional Comma Uses (PDF)
- Those Pesky Apostrophes (PDF)
- Articles, Noun Markers, Determiners (PDF)
- Basic Capitalization Guidelines (PDF)
- Colons and Semicolons- When and Why Do We use Them? ( PDF)
- Comma Splices (PDF)
- Common Prepositions(PDF)
- Identifying and Correcting Run-Ons and Comma Splices (PDF)
- Placement of Adjectives and Adverbs (PDF)
- Pronouns and Their Antecedants> (PDF)
- Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases (PDF)
- Punctuation In General (PDF)
- Sentence Punctuation Patterns (PDF)
- Subject-Verb Agreement (PDF)
- The Elusive Often Abused Comma(PDF)
- "To Be" Verbs and Your English Paper: Not Always the Best Combination (PDF)
- There, Their and They're - Word Choice (PDF)
- Verb Tenses(PDF)
General Writing Concerns & Tips
- Conclusions (PDF)
- Developing a Thesis Statement (PDF)
- How to Organize Your Paper (PDF)
- How to Read an Assignment (PDF)
- How to Survive Your Thesis or Dissertation (PDF)
- How to Write an Effective Research Proposal (PDF)
- How to Write an Effective Summary (PDF)
- Invention, Pre-writing, or How to Get Started (PDF)
- Notetaking is a Skill (PDF)
- Tips for Resume Writing (PDF)
- Transitions (PDF)
- How to Structure Essay Exam Responses (PDF)
- Writing Style - Academic Voice (PDF)
- Writing Style - Sounding Like Writing (PDF)
Discipline Specific Writing
- Writing in Business (PDF)
- Writing In Criminal Justice (PDF)
- Writing in Math (PDF)
- Writing in Psychology (PDF)
- Writing in History (PDF)
- Writing Poetry Explications (PDF) from the Writing Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Foreign Language Related Handouts
- Spanish Verbs - Imperfect, Preterit (PDF)
- Spanish Verbs - Ser and Estar (PDF)
- German Reflexive Pronouns (PDF)
- German Keyboard Shortcuts for International Characters (PDF)
- How to Conjugate Imperfect and Preterite Verbs in Spanish (PDF)
- Spanish Keyboard Shortcuts for International Characters (PDF)
- French Keyboard Shortcuts for International Characters (PDF)
Writing on Standardized Tests
Other Stuff