Writing Utilities
- SBU ONLINE WRITING CENTER
- General Reference Links
- Discussions of Timed Essays and Essay Exams
- Prewriting and Paragraphs
- Sentence and Word Level
- Mechanical Concerns
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Citation of Online Sources
- Research and Documentation
- SBU's Reference Shelf (includes Oxford Reference Library, Bartleby, many dictionaries and encyclopedias, almanacs, style guides, quotations). May require SOLAR login off-campus.
- The Internet Public Library Find and read full-text online books, magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.
- Writer's Reference (by Diana Hacker) website with research documentation and writing exercises
Discussions of timed essay exams
- Strategies for Essay Exams and Timed Writings
- WRITING ESSAY EXAMS-- One of many useful discussions provided by Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL).
- Coping with Writing Anxiety-- This and the following three links come from Purdue's OWL:
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
- The Paragraph and Paragraph development
Sentence and Word Level-- You won't have time to revise your placement essay with these concerns in mind, but be aware that these issues are important to readers.
- Strategies for improving sentence clarity-- From Purdue's OWL
- Conciseness: A discussion of wordiness sponsored by the Purdue OWL.
- Purdue's Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation highlights several common usage problems.
- CUNY Write Site
- Online English Grammar
- Paul Brian's Common Errors in Usage
English as a Second Language (ESL)
- The Purdue OWL's ESL resources page
- Dave's ESL Cafe-- Comprehensive list of ESL resources on the web, along with chat rooms customized for ESL/EFL students.
- TESL/TEFL/TESOL/ESL/EFL/ESOL Links-- Variety of pointers, quizzes, and other resources for non-native speakers.
- Columbia Guide to Online Style -- by Janice Walker and Todd Taylor