Writers' resources (from the old web)

Writing Links

Free writing lessons
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Editing and checking your paper, UC-Berkeley
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Writing Den's Essays Page
Biography maker
Ohio U.'s Writing resources page
Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style
Exchange (Univ. of Illinois)
Ruth Vilmi's Writing Help page
Writing Academic Essays
Writing Research Essays in North American
Erlyn Baack's Advanced Composition page
Writing Successful College Admissions essays
Letter-writing resources, Englishforums.com
Writing guidelines for engineering and science students
Sign posts for writers
Writing for special purposes (Ohio U.) - essay exams, etc.
Exercises from Connections, a writing textbook
Advice on Writing, Univ. Toronto
The nuts and bolts of college writing
Academic Reading and Writing Exercises

Writing Labs

Purdue University on-line Writing Lab
Dakota State University Online Writing Lab

Writing Exchange

International Writing Exchange, Ruth Vilmi
Online Writing Collaboration Project

APA and Style Links

APA citation and reference guide
APA Online's Electronic References page
APA style resources
Citation Guides for APA and MLA
Citing sources, all styles, Duke Univ.
Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online
Citation and Reference in APA, William Paterson Univ. page
Citation of online sources, same source
Online Style Manuals, Ithaca College
Bedford St. Martins APA
Virtual Reference Desk

Writing strategies

Irene Thompson's Writing Strategies

Avoiding plagiarism

Plagiarism and how to avoid it, David Gardner, Univ. of Hong Kong
Plagiarism, Tufts Univ.
What is Plagiarism and how to avoid it, Writing Tutorial Services, Univ. of Indiana

Grammar and explanations

CESL grammar links
Punctuation, Writing Den
Frequently confused words, Writing Den
Common errors in English usage

Spelling

Spelling for ESL Students (manythings.org)
E. L. Easton's Spelling Page
Rules and suggestions about spelling, Comnet
Susan Jones' spelling rules
BBC's Skillswise(British)

Writing on the internet

Writing business e-mails

Poetry

Poemfinder
Can you Haiku?
Haiku in English, why it's popular in Japan
Haiku for People
Poetry resources online

New CESL writers' site

Since our main web resources were closed and reorganized in 2010, we needed a place to put these resources that we'd been relying on. This has taken a while to start and be publicized, but it is a place for all students to share writing resources.

To post or add resources here, type the old cesl log-in: cesl07@hotmail.com and remember the password, which is a familiar building we all know and love, all one word.

Thanks for adding resources and keeping this site active and useful!