Writing Center: Links & Handouts
The World Wide Web offers a variety of resources for you to use in developing your writing skills. Links to some of the most popular resources (many of which are part of the Purdue University Online Writing Lab) appear in our FAQ pages on
In addition, you'll find the Writing Guidelines links below to be quite useful. We strongly encourage students whose native language is not English to visit Our ESL World (hosted by ESL Coordinator, Scott Jenison) and ESL resources. Finally, don't miss the Grammar and Writing Index(hosted by Capital Community College), one of the most valuable independent study tools on the Web.
Composition & Research Handouts
- Writing a Research Paper
- Research Checklist
- MLA Documentation
- MLA Sample 1st Page
- MLA Sample Works Cited
- MLA Style Guide
- MLA Quotation Handout
- Setting MLA in MS Word
- APA Documentation
- APA Sample Paper 6th ed.
- APA Sample Guide 6th ed.
- APA Style Guide 6th ed.
- APA Quotation Handout 6th ed.
- APA Sample Paper 7th ed.
- APA Style Guide 7th ed.
- APA Quotations Handout 7th ed.
- CMS Sample Paper
- CMS Quotation Handout
- What's New in CMS
Literary Analysis Handouts
- Summary vs. Analysis by Charles Hood
- What Does Literary Analysis Look Like? by Charles Hood