Writing Resources:
Support for Writing and Research

Writing Help
Internet Reference Resources Find It Yourself on the Internet
Research Help Online Reference Service

Question? Ask a Librarian

WRITING HELP

Writing and Grammar:

• Getting Started on Writing: Tips from Purdue's Writing Center

• Help sheets from Purdue

• Online Writing Guide [University of Illinois]

• Grammar and Style Notes from Jack Lynch

• Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. [1918 edition]

Online Dictionary for Definitions and Spelling:

• Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate Dictionary

Citation Guides for APA and MLA:

• How to Cite Items in a Bibliography: MLA and APA Styles

• MLA-type Citations of Electronic Sources [Web sites, etc]

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INTERNET REFERENCE RESOURCES

• Britannica Online

• Internet Reference Resources chosen by the O*K*U Reference staff

• Yahoo's Electronic Reference Desk

FIND IT YOURSELF ON THE INTERNET

• Search the Internet

• Internet Subject Guides

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RESEARCH HELP ONLINE

• The Reference Home Page at O*K*U Libraries

• Library Research at Cornell: A Hypertext Guide

• Library Vocabulary: Definitions of Library Terms

REFERENCE HELP IN PERSON

• Reference Desk Schedules in Olin and Uris Libraries

Reference Home Page

Revised March 4, 1997
Michael Engle, moe1@cornell.edu
Reference Services Division, Olin*Kroch*Uris Libraries
Cornell University Library
URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/writing.html