Other writing sites
You will find many sites on the Web that provide writing help more general or more specialized than the help contained in The Guide. We've linked to a small number of these sites here. We encourage you to explore them and to search for others. We strongly discourage you from searching the Web for papers written by others. Using the work of another student writer - or any other writer - without attribution is plagiarism, an offense that could lead to your dismissal from the College.
Geneseo sites
- Consult a Geneseo Librarian (Geneseo students only - arrange a 30-minute individual sessions with a librarian in Milne Library to work on a research assignment in one of your courses.)
Academic writing and research guides
- Capital Community-Technical College Guide to Grammar and Writing
- Jack Lynch, Guide to Grammar and Style
- Jack Lynch, Resources for Writers and Writing Instructors (a list of other Web-based writing resources)
- Purdue University Online Writing Lab
- UCSC Library, How To Do Research in the Library
- Cornell University Library Tutorials and Skill Guides
- Cornell University, How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writing Techniques Handbook
- University of Iowa Guide to Citation Style Guides
- The University of Victoria Writing Guide
- Beverly High School Library Media Center Turabian Citation and Format Style Guide
Dictionaries
- Dictionary.com
- Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
- UC Berkeley's Online Slang Dictionary
- Slang Dictionaries from Bablyon.com
Usage sites
- Mark Israel's Usage FAQs
- Paul Brians' Common Errors in English
Words
- Michael Quinion's World Wide Words
- Charles Hodgson's Podictionary
- The Word Nerds
- Etymonline.com
- Word Spy
English for speakers of other languages
- 1-language.com
- Dave's ESL Café
- Dave Sperling's ESL Slang Page
- Ohio ESL
- Links for Teachers of English as a Second Language
General writing advice
- William Strunk, Jr. Elements of Style (1918 edition)
- George Orwell, Politics and the English Language