Writing Resources

Click on a category to get a list of links on the topic:

New! Tips on Writing for People With Learning Disabilities
http://www.ldresources.com/articles/writing_tips.html

Writing Guides

Online Grammar Exercises -- Hosted by Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

Gallaudet University English Works! -- Online Writing and Reading Lab
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/Englishworks/

Undergraduate Writing Center -- From the University of Texas at Austin
http://uwc.fac.utexas.edu

The Information Stop -- From the George Mason University Writing Center
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/handouts.html

OWL: Online Writing Lab -- From Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Bartleby.Com: Usage
http://www.bartleby.com/usage/

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/

Study Skills

Study Guides and Strategies -- From the University of St. Thomas. Information on this site is available in a number of languages, including Amharic, Arabic, Spanish, Turkish, and many others.
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/
 

The Research Paper

Critically Evaluating Sources of Information -- From Cornell University Library
http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm

Evaluating Internet Information -- From Virginia Tech University Libraries
http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/idle/evaluating.html

Evaluating Web sites -- From the University of Kansas Writing Center
http://www.writing.ku.edu/resources/evaluate.html
 

Hone Your Research Skills -- From Bedford St. Martin's Press
http://bedfordstmartins.com/english_research/references.htm
 

Strategies for Critical Reading and Writing -- "Fundamentals of critical reading and effective writing"
http://www.criticalreading.com/
 

 Writing Summaries

How to Write a Summary -- From San Diego State University
http://www.sa.sdsu.edu/dss/summary.pdf

How to Write a Summary -- Based on Academic Reading by K. McWhorter from the Tel Aviv University
http://www.tau.ac.il/~abarban/summarizing.html

How to Write a Summary -- From the University of Wisconsin- River Falls
http://www.uwrf.edu/~sl01/111/summary.html

Resources for Writers: Summary Writing -- From Drew University
http://users.drew.edu/~sjamieso/Summary.html

Summarization of a Passage
http://www.geocities.com/gator2856/summary.html

Writing a Summary -- From Troy State University Writing Center
http://www.troyst.edu/writingcenter/handouts/writing_a_summary.html

 
Help For Writing College Application Essays

The Application Essay -- From CollegeQuest/Peterson's|
http://www.petersons.com/ugrad/application.html
 

Get a Jump Start On Your Admissions Essay -- From Microsoft Encarta.
http://encarta.msn.com/collegeArticles/AdmissionsEssay.asp
 

SuperCollege.Com -- Choose "Admissions and Tests"
http://www.supercollege.com/

Spelling, Vocabulary, Learning Styles

Interactive Vocabulary
http://journalism.tamu.edu/DegreePro/gsp/spelling.htm

A Spelling Test
http://www.sentex.net/~mmcadams/spelling.html

Learning Styles Inventory
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/ilsweb.html

Other NVCC Writing Centers/Writing Resources

Annandale Campus Writing and Reading Center
http://www.nvcc.edu/annandale/lrc/writing/index.htm

Loudoun Campus Writing Center
Student Resources -- http://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/english/writingcenter/resources/students.htm  
Faculty Resources -- http://www.nvcc.edu/loudoun/english/writingcenter/resources/teachers.htm

Manassas Campus Writing Center
http://www.nvcc.edu/manassas/lrs/LL/LLrwrite.htm.

Woodbridge Campus Math and Writing Center
http://www.nvcc.edu/woodbridge/ensdivision/wt&mthctr/default.htm