Online Guide to Writing and Research

Good Websites for Related Topics

• Below is a list of online writing labs (OWLs) at other colleges and universities.  Many have a wide range of online topics or "handouts."

• UMUC's Effective Writing site at http://www.umuc.edu/ewp/ewp.html is another good place to visit.  There you'll find an ever-increasing number of tools and services, including a long list of URLs corresponding to the various topics in UMUC's Guide to Research and Writing.

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
  Online Writing Lab, Purdue University; see a list of their many online topics (handouts) under "Resources for Writers" or go directly to http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

• http://www.clearcf.uvic.ca/writersguide/Pages/StartHere.html
  The UVic Writer's Guide (University of Victoria, Department of English) list of online topics, which can be viewed in expanded format at http://www.clearcf.uvic.ca/writersguide/Pages/MasterToc.html

• http://writing.colostate.edu/
  Unique collection of interactive tutorials and demonstrations, online reference materials, extensive links to writing and teaching resources

• http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html
  Handouts (The Writing Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Language, Literature, and Communication)—includes many tutorials

• http://www.shepherd.wvnet.edu/scwcweb/web7.htm
  Handouts and Links to Help You Write (Writing Center ~ Online, Shepherd College)

• http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/
  Writer's Handbook (Writing Center, University of Wisconsin)

• http://english.byu.edu/writingcenter/Handouts/Handouts.htm
  BYU Writing Center Handouts (Brigham Young University)

• http://www.dsu.edu/departments/liberal/cola/OWL/
  Dakota State University Online Writing Lab

• http://cal.bemidji.msus.edu/WRC/
  Writing Resource Center, Bemidji State University—click on the File icon for a list of handouts or go directly to http://cal.bemidji.msus.edu/WRC/File.html (Writing Center File)

• http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~writestd/index.html
  Resources for Writers (University of Kansas)—large collection of succinct writing aids

• http://athena.english.vt.edu/~owl/owl.html
  Self-Help Environment (The Virginia Tech Online Writing Lab, Virginia Tech University)—among the links are several humorous ones to lighten the writing task

• http://web.msu.edu/user/writing/retreat.html
  The Writer's Retreat (Writing Center, Michigan State University)—a unique visual image-map environment in which links are accessed by clicking directly on different images in the picture (for instance, clicking on a picture of a dictionary in the study leads to to an online dictionary; clicking on a picture of a keyboard on a computer in the study leads to resources on composing)

• At the sites below you can find not only lists of OWLs but also descriptions and reviews of them.

• http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/ww_hand.html
  Self-Help Documents on the Writing Process—reviews of some of the best OWLs (Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

• http://departments.colgate.edu/diw/NWCA/WCHandouts.html
  Two lists: one for sites that provide indexes to their handouts, one for sites with no index of their own but information on a variety of subjects

• http://www.umaine.edu/
  A Beginner's Guide to the OWL'S of North America (Virginia Tech University)—description as well as lists of OWLs