Writing:
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Writing Questions • Bibliography and Citation Questions
Writing Questions: Resources on the Web
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary online


The famous Oxford English Dictionary Now online for on-campus users only...
Webster's Dictionary online


Roget's Thesaurus Online When the MS Word thesaurus will no longer suffice...

The Elements of Style An abbreviated online version of The Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr.'s classic style guide.
The Reed College Writing Center Reed's own Writing Center provides answers to many kinds of writing questions.


Writing Questions: Resources in the Library
D13 .B334 1985 (Reference Room)
Barzun, Jacques. The Modern Researcher. 4th ed.

Librarian Marilyn Kierstead calls this one "The all-purpose guide to research in history."
PE1408 .H312 1982 (Stacks OR Multiple Copies) Hall, Donald. Writing Well. 4th ed.

A basic college-level writing textbook, good for help with those pesky semi-colons and other mechanical problems.
PE1408 .H2778 1995 (Library Reserve)
Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference.

An easy-to-use writer's guide to technical and mechanical standards.
On Order for Library Reserve or available on WORLDCAT Bolker, Joan. Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis.

Despite the title, Bolker's book is for anyone working on a long project like the Junior Seminar paper or Senior thesis. Bolker addresses some of the traumas that come up during the course of writing a lengthy paper and offers realistic solutions. Read the relevent sections as you need them -- this book is cheaper than therapy and easier on your friends and family.


Bibliography and Citation Questions: Resources on the Web
Citing Print Resources
Here is a quick guide to citing print resources using Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

Citing Electronic Resources An easy-to-use guide to citing electronic resources using the Chicago Style.
Citing Electronic Resources - For History Papers
For ELECTRONIC Resources
An electronic source citation guide specifically for History majors using "Turabian Style."


Bibliography and Citation Questions: Resources in the Library
LB2369 .T8 1996 (Reference Room)
Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
LB2369 .U69 1993 (Reference Room) University of Chicago Press. The Chicago Manual of Style.