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Resources for Writers
USF Library

There are many online resources that can help improve the quality of written and oral communications skills. USF’s own library has online resources that can help with footnoting, crediting sources and the proper way to cite others’ work.

Ref Works

With this online bibliographic management program, references can be automatically imported from online searches or be entered manually. References can be formatted in a variety of styles, such as APA, MLA, or Chicago. USF faculty, staff and students have unlimited access to this software.

Purdue University OWL

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab offers terrific explanations of just about anything related to writing! OWL’s grammar and mechanics help includes tutorials on everything from active and passive voice to sentence clarity, from commas and colons to transitional devices. Topics include:
• General academic writing • Research and citation
• Grammar and mechanics • Internet literacy
• English as a Second Language • The Writing Process

Virginia tech/Penn State On-line Help Great online self-tests for writing elements at a site built jointly by faculty from Penn State and Virginia Tech. The site has exercises on grammar (for example, sentence fragments), punctuation, usage (for example, possessives), and style (for example, headings).
Interactive practice questions include an explanation of why an answer is correct, or with instructions to go back and try again.

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