Kentucky State University

Writing & Research

PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW

HyperGrammar : This site provides a quick and comprehensive review of grammar including parts of speech and their usage, parts of sentences, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, diction, and spelling rules. This site is part was created by the Writing Center of the University of Ottawa.

WRITING

Good writing effectively communicates your ideas. These sites will help with all aspects of your writing.  Learn how to break research into manageable steps, use the library effectively, and document sources. 

Bridgewater College Online Writing Manual: This site contects the users to writing resources available online which cover the whole writing process.  The resources cover writing in different genres, planning, drafting, and organizing the writing assisgnment, using sources correctly, and revising and proofreading the assignment. 

The Purdue Online Writing Lab: A comprehensive site that offers resources about general and subject-specific writing, research and citation, grammar and mechanics, English as a second language, and job search and professional writing. The site was created by the writing lab at Purdue University.

RESEARCH and DOCUMENTATION 

Here’s a great way to properly format your paper. Just check the official manuals to make sure your sources are consistent with the proper documentation conventions!

A Research Guide for Students:  This webpage outlines the logical steps to writing a good research paper.

Hacker Handbooks on Research and Documentation:  This webpages provides search engines to locate sources and it discusses how to document those sources used.  The webpage was created by Diane Hacker and Barbara Fister of Gustavus Adolphus College.

Bibme: The site allows the user to enter information about the sources used. The user can then select the format needed - APA, MLA, Chicago, or Turbian, and download bibliography. The site also contains a search engine to find books, articles, websites, or films used as sources.TIPS FOR AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

PLAGIARISM

Avoiding Plagiarism:  The webpage define and describes plagarism. Also, the webpage describes how to correctly uses sources in an essy.