Resources for Writers - Colorado College

Below is a list of resources for writers and Writing Center staff. Please visit often as this page is constantly evolving.

For Writers

Oxford English Dictionary

Citation Guidelines

Close Reading

Creative Writing

Critical Thinking

Grammar Aid

Plagiarism

Personal Statements

Research Papers/Evaluating Sources

Scientific Papers

Style Manuals in User-Friendly Forms

Thesis Statements

Transitions

Writer's Block

For Consultants

WCOnline

This site provides ten useful techniques for tutoring on a word processor. Go

This is a link to the Penn State Writing Center's handbook for consultants. Specifically, within this site, the following links might be most useful:

• This part discusses how to tutor a rough draft. Most of the ideas are pretty basic and probably already being used by most consultants. However, it's always good to review…
  
• This part discusses how to tutor a final draft. Again, most of the concepts are probably already being integrated into most of our tutoring sessions, but it does have suggestions on making proofreading more successful during a session.
  
• This is a useful link for those consultants who are tutoring a paper that has already been graded.
  
• This site discusses the use of gender-biased language in writing, and suggestions for consultants should they run across a paper using this kind of language.

This page provides specific links to different aspects of proofreading, i.e. Editing for Comma Splices, Editing for fragments, Editing for parallel structure, etc.