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Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Writing resources page from Rensselaer Writing Center
Important Points About Revision (Literally Re-Seeing)
Tips on Editing and Proofreading
Guidelines for Reading Out Loud When Alone (pdf)
Level Up Your Paper - Revision and Editing (pdf)
Curing Writer's Block (pdf)
Freewriting Exercises (pdf)
20 Questions for the Research Writer (pdf)
Cubing (pdf)
Idea Mapping (pdf)
Working With Working Outlines (pdf)
10 Best Creative Writing Exercises
Basic Steps in the Research Process
APA Style Sheet (pdf)
Purdue OWL’s “MLA Formatting and Style Guide"
Purdue OWL's "APA Formatting and Style Guide"
Purdue OWL's "Chicago Formatting and Style Guide"
Purdue OWL's "Avoiding Plagiarism"
"Necessities in Academics: An Educational Guide to Citation Styles"
"Evaluating Resources": Techniques to apply & questions to ask from UC Berkeley
Punctuation Pattern Sheet (pdf)
The Almighty and Useful Comma (pdf)
Tips on Revising, Editing, and Proofreading with Exercises (pdf)
Punctuation Pattern Sheet (pdf)
The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
Modern Language Association (MLA) Style Center
Chicago Manual Style (CMS)
American Psychological Association (APA)
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Eastern Illinois University
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Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-5929
writingcenter@eiu.edu
Associate Professor of English || Director, EIU Writing Center || Affiliate Faculty, Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Coleman Hall - 3040
raryerson@eiu.edu
Professor of English || Assistant Director, EIU Writing Center
Coleman Hall - 3070
(217) 581–1142
tafredrick@eiu.edu
