The RSCC
Online Writing Lab

Other Online Writing Labs with Original Documents


The International Writing Centers Association maintains a comprehensive, alphabetical list of OWLs. The list also includes a breakdown of OWLs which offer original online handouts (as opposed to links to handouts at other sites) and a list of OWLs who offer online tutoring.

We have chosen to highlight the following OWLs because they have useful documents for our students and faculty. Only documents original to the site are included. In the case of handouts, we have listed many of the most helpful. If you'd like to see your OWL listed here, let us know.

            Colorado State University Writing Center

            Dakota State University OWL

            Offers online tutoring using e-mail

            George Mason University Writing Center

How To Write An Abstract

Questions to Ask of Any Poem

Introductions and Conclusions

Painting With Punctuation

Writing About Film

How to Take an Essay Test

Revision Checklist and Editing Guidelines

A Guide to Gracious Criticism

A Sample MLA Bibliography

Keeping a Reading Journal

For those about to write . . .

Structuring An Arguement

Questions for Revision

Writing About Literature

A Helpful Outline for Writing About Literature

 
Purdue University OWL

 

Punctuation (Quotation Marks, Hyphens, Dashes, Commas, Semicolons, etc.)

Your Résumé

Letters Concerning Employment

Accepted Another Position Letter (sample letter)

After Interview Letter (sample letter)

Cover Letter Seeking Academic Position (sample letter)

Job Offer Letter (sample letter)

The Résumé: Making it work for you

Résumé Sections

Application Letters: How to Sell Yourself

Some Action Words used to Describe Skills in Résumés

Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing

MLA Format: Giving Credit To Sources

APA Format

Coping with Writing Anxiety

Overcoming Writer's Block

Writing Research Papers: A Step by Step Procedure

Psychological Detail and Dramatization

Proofreading, Editing, and Revising

Proofreading Your Paper

Citing Electronic Sources

Sound Alike Words (There/Their/They're; Its/It's, etc.)

            Rensselaer Writing Center

Abstracts

Basic Prose Style and Mechanics

Cover Letters

Critiques

Use of "A," "An," and "The"

Writing with Gender-Fair Language 

Salt Lake Community College Online Writing Center

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Writing Center On-line

Advice for Writers

Getting Over Writer's Block

Sentence Sense

Tips for Taking Essay Tests

Preparing for the Writing Proficiency Examination 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writers' Workshop

Offers online tutoring using e-mail.

Writers' Workshop Online Writing Guid
 

University of Maine Writing Center Online

List of Foreign Language Dictionaries

List of English as a Second Language Resources 

University of Missouri's Online Writery

Offers online tutoring using e-mail 

University of Richmond Writing Center and WAC Program

Where to Start a Paper

Brainstorming for Ideas

Clustering Ideas

Thesis Statements

Writing Effective Conclusions

Writing Effective Paragraphs

Adding Action & Clarity to Writing Concise Writing: Using Lanham's Method

Glossing--A way to check the focus of paragraphs

Transitional Phrases

Using Transitions

Making Effective Arguments

Introduction to Using Source Materials

Creative Use of Sources

Effective Direct Quotes

Incorporating Quotations

Using Paraphrases

APA Documentation

Guide to Turabian's Manual for Writers

Examples of each model of documentation

Commonly Confused Words

Avoiding Cliches and Tired Phrases

Commas

Semicolons

Abbreviations

Capitalization


University of Texas-Austin Undergraduate Writing Center

 

Apostrophes

Brainstorming

Reading Literature

Wordiness

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Creating an Annotated Bibliography

How to Create a Thesis Sentence


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Last Revised: June 5, 2001