South Seattle Community College Writing Center

Library Room 205

Online Writing Labs

Online Writing Labs, or OWL's as they are called, provide services from handouts on grammar and punctuation to actual reviewing of your writing. They vary considerably in form and content, but all offer valuable information and more links to many other good writing and academic sites. If you'll spend even ten minutes looking through them, you're sure to find something useful.

University of Maine
http://www.umaine.edu/wcenter/
Handy list of other OWLS

Dakota State University
http://www.departments.dsu.edu/owl/
In this site's list of other OWLs are several handout download pages.

 

Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
Be sure to check this one, both teachers and students
****Recognized as one of the top OWLs in the country, this site contains many, many resources and links to other helpful sites as well. Virtually every type of writing resource is accessible here****

 

Trinity College
http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/writcent/
Comprehensive site with lots of features and links: Research links to libraries, including Library of Congress, Teaching Resources, with Writing Across the Curriculum material, including science and technical writing sites, Writing Resources, with dictionary links and citation guides. Good links to many other writing and grammar sources.

 

University of Michigan
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/swc/
Good Writing Resources page (at the bottom of the left frame); more links and some good handouts

 

University of Missouri
http://web.missouri.edu/~writery/
Resource links page has a phrase-checker

 

University of Illinois
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/index.htm
***VERY NICE site with many, many resources, from grammar handbook to bibliographical styles to writing tips and techniques. Business/Technical and ESL links as well.***

 

Iowa State University
http://www.engl.iastate.edu/OWL/
Many handy links

 

The RPI Writing Center
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/handouts.html
More very nice links to a variety of good resources.

 

University of Texas
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/uwc/
Resources for students and other writers section is particularly good, including grammar handouts and ESL resources

 

Bowling Green State University
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/writing-lab/
Some middling resources

 

Roane State Community College
http://www.rscc.cc.tn.us/owl&writingcenter/OWL/owl.html
Scroll down to Related Links at this site for National Writing Centers and a good Writing Resources link