Helpful Links

Writing Help

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) –

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Purdue University has created a fine online resource for writing that includes much information.

For online exercises for practicing grammar, punctuation, and editing skills:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html

For tutorials on searching the web more effectively and critically evaluating the sources you find there:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/search/index.html

For information on professional writing, including job search letters and resumes:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/index.html

For information and exercises on writing for an American audience (English as a second language):

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/index.html

Steve Wilbers

www.wilbers.com

Steve Wilbers is a local columnist for the StarTribune whose website contains his weekly columns on business writing as well as exercises on common writing mistakes and other useful information for the business writer.

Research Help

Inver Hills Library Research Resources

http://www.inverhills.edu/Library/resource.htm

This page lists hundreds of specialized online research resources, including links to newspapers, other libraries, dictionaries, statistical sources, and sites organized by topic (nursing, business, science, etc.).

Noodle Tools

www.NoodleTools.com

NoodleTools.com is a commercial site that charges a subscription fee ($4/three months for students) to help you create citations for your papers in the proper bibliographic form. Of course, this information is available free in your handbook and many other places; this is an electronic short cut.

Critical Reasoning

http://commhum.mccneb.edu/argument/summary.htm

(Omaha, NB) offers an online tutorial in identifying the argument of an essay.

Logical Fallacies

http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/

This is a guide to recognizing and identifying logical fallacies in your own and others’ reasoning.

Mission: Critical Thinking:

www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/

This site provides an interactive tutorial in various aspects of reasoning, including identifying logical fallacies.

Current Events, Commentary, Worthwhile Resources

National Public Radio

http://www.npr.org/

National Public Radio archives many of the transcripts of its interviews and provides links to many other sources.

Public Broadcasting Service

http://www.pbs.org/

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) also provides much information at its online source. If you are looking for a research topic or you have one but need up-to-date sources, both the NPR and PBS sources are good sources.

The Atlantic Monthly

http://www.theatlantic.com/

The Atlantic Monthly magazine makes it articles, current and past, available online and has a very easily searched database.