Student Resources
Helpful Links
- Purdue's Online Writing Labnew window
- Writing Guide at Colorado State Universitynew window
- Empire State College Writing Resource Centernew window
- Editing and Proofreading Strategies from University of Minnesota Center for Writingnew window
- Writing Process from University of Minnesota Center for Writingnew window
- Critical Reading Strategies from University of Minnesota Center for Writing new window
- Student's Guide on Avoiding Plagiarismnew window
- Guide to Writing a Basic Essaynew window
- Online Dictionarynew window
- Harvard College Strategies for Essay Writingnew window
- The Skidmore Guide to Grammarnew window
Writing Handouts for Students
Grammar
- Sentence Types (PDF,
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Plagiarism
- How to Avoid Plagiarism (PDF, )
- Paraphrasing (PDF, )
- Plagiarism and Penalties at MC (PDF, )
Research
- Annotated Bibliographies (PDF, )
- Evaluating Internet Sources (PDF, )
- Research Paper: Getting Started (PDF, )
- Research Paper: Narrowing the Topic (PDF, )
- See Library Research Guidesnew window for more citation information
- Chicago Basics (PDF, )
- Council of Science Editors (CSE) Citation Style (Citation-Sequence) (PDF, )
Thesis
- Thesis Statement Facts (PDF, )
- What is a Thesis Statement? (PDF, )
Others
- 150 Commonly Misspelled and Confused Words (PDF, )
- Editing and Proofreading Your Paper (PDF, )
- Reading Strategies (PDF, )