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Luther North Online Library
English / Language Arts
WRITING & CITATIONS
MLA 7 Citation Machine
If you need to create a Works Cited page, this may become your favorite site! It's based on the
new version 7 MLA guidelines. Just follow the instructions & you will end up with a properly
punctuated & formatted page. Enter your citations in alphabetical order & you won't have to do
any reorganizing.   

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
The Writing Lab at Purdue houses 200 free writing resources & instructional materials for
students & teachers. Included are formatting & style guides, grammar & mechanics, internet
literacy, job search & technical writing, & research.

Writing Guides @ CSU
Think of these guides from Colorado State University as online textbooks designed to help you
in the writing process -- conducting research, reading & responding, working with sources,
planning, drafting, & organizing, revising & editing, & publishing.

Writing Skills @ Infoplease
Tips for improving your skills in writing various types of documents: essays, biographies, book
reports, research papers, letters, & speeches. Includes a review of sentence structure, spelling,
& grammar.


Transitional Words & Phrases
Lists examples of various types of transitional words -- for addition, consequence, generalizing,
exemplifying, illustration, emphasis, similarity, exception, restatement, contrast & comparison,
sequence, summarizing, diversion, & direction.


Microsoft Office Templates
Browse templates: calendars & planners, holidays & occasions, finance & accounting, orders &
inventory, education, healthcare & wellness, home & community, Microsoft Office programs,
marketing, stationery & labels, meetings & projects, human resources, your career, travel, &
maps

Create a Paper
This "create a paper" template is designed to guide you through the first stages of creating the
rough draft of a standard five-paragraph paper. If you fill in the blanks & carefully follow each set
of instructions, you will leave this page with a rough draft ready to format, revise, & polish for
submission

A+ Research & Writing
Need to write a research paper? Want to do an A+ job without going totally nuts? You'll find help
with this step by step guide

Avoiding Plagiarism
Defines actions that might be seen as plagiarism, choosing when to give credit, making sure
you are safe, deciding if something is "common knowledge," & exercises for practice