Links to Online Sources for Writers
Online Writing Labs (OWLS)

• Purdue University -- One of the best, most accessible sites. Self-help for students, handouts for teachers, advice on different kinds of writing tasks, excellent links, ESL and WAC sources. For those interested in writing center concerns, back issues of Writing Center Newsletter available.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- Provides online assistance to students and a thorough collection of materials.

Assistance for Speakers Whose First Language Is Not English

• Language Practice Site, California State-Northridge — The home of Dave's ESL Cafe provides online chat, entertaining activities, tips for ESL writers, many other links.
• Ann Raimes ESL Tip Sheets -- An excellent source for understanding the features of ESL students' different native languages and seeing what kinds of errors the students will need to anticipate (sponsored by Houghton Mifflin).
• Internet TESL Journal -- Fine articles for professors and teachers-in-training, interactive grammar quizzes for students, and much more. Updated regularly.

Online Handbooks and Grammar Help

• Professor Don Hardy's Fundamentals of English Grammar -- An online description of grammatical elements. Includes interactive quizzes to help writers understand how grammatical principles work.
• Writer's Handbook, University of Wisconsin-Madison -- A great compendium of information on usage and a fine resource for documentation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).
• Guide to Grammar and Writing -- Quizzes on grammar and usage and a list of links to help students sharpen practice.
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant -- Well-maintained resource for students that describes the writing process and provides ample advice.
• Hacker Online -- Courtesy of Bedford/St. Martin's, this source guides writers in the humanities, social sciences, history, and the natural sciences.
• Bedford/St. Martin's Online! -- Students will find this a first-rate documentation and Internet source for a huge collection of different disciplines; compiled by Harnack & Kleppinger.
• Communication @ Work -- Courtesy of Mary Ellen Guffey, business students in particular will appreciate this site for the assistance it gives in APA documention for electronic sources.