Writing Styles

Writing Styles & Guides

Bartleby
http://www.bartelby.com/
A variety of general resources that include Columbia Encyclopedia, American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations, and Gray's Anatomy.

Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/
From Johns Hopkins University, this website discusses what things to consider when trying to decide if the information on a website is reliable.

Evaluating Web Pages http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
Tutorial from the University of California at Berkeley that discusses how to find what you need on a web page and how to know if the information is to be trusted.

Dartmouth Writing Program
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/toc.shtml
From Dartmouth University, this guide discusses academic papers, topics, research, developing your thesis, writing and revision.

Online Writing Lab - Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Writing lab from Purdue University. Topics include the writing process, professional, technical and scientific writing, general academic writing, research, and citation.

University Reading & Writing
http://www.lib.sfu.ca/researchhelp/writing/writingguide.htm
From the Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Topics include writing tools & guides, how to pick a topic, grammar, sentence structure & punctuation and how to cite resources.

Writing Center - The Writing Process
http://www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/index.html
From Cleveland State University. Topics include critical thinking, thesis, organization, revision, and documentation.

AMA Style Guide - Health Links (9th edition)
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/ama.html
A guide to the most frequently used entries based on the AMA Writing Style Guide, 9th edition. From the University of Washington.

APA Style Electronic References
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
From the publishers of the APA Style Manuel, the material provided covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media.

APA Style FAQs
http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html
From the publishers of the APA Style Manual to help clarify frequent areas of confusion.

APA Style Guide - Health Links
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/apa.html
A guide to the most frequently used entries based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition, 2001. From the University of Washington.

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Library Handouts and Tutorials
http://www.library.hsc.unt.edu/Handouts/LibraryHandouts.cfm
Handouts and tutorials for Lewis Library resources including PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, and RefWorks.