KU Writing Center - Free help
- KU Writing Center
Writers need feedback, sounding boards, and other people to coach and guide them while they compose. That's where the KU Writing Center comes in. It's a place for productive talk about writing, with trained peer consultants to help you brainstorm, draft or edit your writing.
Our home base is in Anschutz Learning Studio, but we also send our consultants to satellite locations around campus called Writer's Roosts. - Writing Guides - homepageOriginal writing guides by our experienced writing consultants, along with dozens of links to other great writing resources on the Web.
MLA Bibliographic Format
- Citation Management--MLA Citation Style(Cornell University Library)
- Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format(This site created by the Online Writing Lab of Purdue University has many links to MLA format sites.)
- MLA Documentation(University of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center)
Effective Keyword Searching
- Developing Effective Search Strategies(MD Anderson Cancer Center)
- Keyword Search Techniques(University of Maryland /Global Campus)
- Mechanics of Keyword Searching -- Tutorial(American University Library)
Finding Sources
- Primary and Secondary Sources(Bowling Green State University)
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources(Ithaca College Library)
- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Sources(UM / Crookston)
Primary vs. Secondary Sources - Tutorial
Improve Your GOOGLE Search Experience
- Google ScholarProvides a search of scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources, including theses, books, abstracts and articles.
- Article - Why Millennials Don't Know How to Use GoogleChicagoMag.com, August 23, 2011
How to Avoid Plagiarism
- Academic MisconductKU Writing Center
- Avoiding PlagiarismKU Writing Center
- Academic IntegrityKU Writing Center
Am I Plagiarizing?
Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
- How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography(Cornell University Library)
- Writing An Annotated Bibliography(University of Central Florida, Writing Center)
- How to Write Annotated Bibliographies(Purdue University Writing Lab)