Writing Across the Curriculum
When you need more information on Writing Across the
Curriculum:
- Writing about literature
- Business writing
- Discipline specific writing
For additional help beyond our companion site access:
For internet and multimedia writing:
Hotwired.lycos.com/hardwired/wiredstyle
This site, from the editors of WIRED, helps define this relatively
new field of writing.
Giving
the Perfect Presentation Using PowerPoint by Pat Kidwell, Susan
Dumond, and Martha Dumond
This site, which appears on the Ivy Tech State College Web site,
incorporates both design issues and oral presentation skills.
MLA Style/Modern
Language Association
Questions and links to documents explaining the MLA stylistic
conventions.
Documentation:
APA Documentation Style/University of Wisconsin-Madison
A thorough introduction to the American Psychological Association
(APA) style of formats for documenting sources.
Documentation:
CBE Documentation - The Citation-Sequence System/University of
Wisconsin-Madison
A thorough introduction to the CBE style of documentation formats
for use of sources in the sciences by numerical sequences.
AIP
Style Manual/American Institute of Physics
Guidelines of the American Institute of Physics for documenting
sources.
The
Citation Project/Real World Lab
Advanced studies in citation prototype development.
Writing
Essays in Literature Classes
This site explains how to begin and organize a literary essay.
The
Literary Essay
This site gives a good explanation of what a literary essay is,
distinguishing the literary essay from the review.
Academic
Writing (Literature, Research, Reviews)
Go to this site and click on Academic Writing (Literature,
Research, Reviews) to access several good discussions of different
aspects of "Writing about Literature" and "Writing
Reviews."
Documentation:
CBE Documentation - The Citation-Sequence System/University of
Wisconsin-Madison
A thorough introduction to the CBE style of documentation formats
for use of sources in the sciences by numerical sequences.
Documentation:
CBE Documentation - The Name-Year System/University of
Wisconsin-Madison
A thorough introduction to the CBE style of documentation formats
for use of sources in the sciences by name and year.
American
Psychological Association
Directs students to the home page of the American Psychological
Association.
Application
Letters: How to Sell Yourself
This site offers wonderful and specific advice on writing a letter
of application.
Resume
Workshop
This site contains a practical and comprehensive guide to writing
a terrific resume.
Helpful
Hints For Writing Cover Letters
This site contains a concise list of tips, a template, and a model
to help you write a good cover letter for your resumé.
Writing
Essays: The Basics
This site provides a good checklist of elements necessary to a
good essay.
Common
Problems Writing Essays
This site contains things to consider as you revise your essay.
Revising
and Editing Your Paper
This site contains a comprehensive guide for editing and revising
your essay.
Higher
Order Concerns (HOCs) and Later Order Concerns (LOCs)
This site discusses what to consider first and later in the
revising process.
Visit
Dave's ESL Cafe
This site has discussion forums for students, tips on grammar and
writing, interactive quizzes, and other information for
multilingual students.
University
of Illinois' Writer's Workshop ESL Site
Annotated links to many ESL resources for students and teachers
are provided at this site.
English
as a Second Language Institute
This site is provided by the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga and offers topics on "Discover the World,"
"Discover English," and "Photo Fun."
Impact
On-line
This site is provided by the College of Education, University of
Illinois and says: "Welcome to Impact! On-line, an
interactive news magazine for intermediate and advanced ESL/EFL
students. This Web Site features articles about current events,
health, sports and entertainment, etc. In each article, certain
words are highlighted. If you click on any of these words, you
will be linked to an explanation page for that word. Some of these
pages feature audio files, which will teach you how to pronounce
the word."
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