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Writing Assistance Sites

The OWL at Purdue.
A long time resource for students, Purdue's online writing lab (OWL) has material on many different aspects of the writing process, mechanics and research.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

EssayInfo.com has descriptions of essay modes (compare and contrast, argumentative, etc.) and instructions how to write them.
http://essayinfo.com

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay. Straightforward site describing essay construction.
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/

Research and Documentation

MLA Documentation from Bedford St. Martins
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html

Purdue's OWL MLA Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Purdue's OWL APA Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

American River College Library
http://www.arc.losrios.edu/~library/

American River College Library Databases
http://www.arc.losrios.edu/~library/lib_databases.html

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

Punctuation Made Simple. This site has straightforward explanations of many punctuation rules.
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/golson/punctuation/

The OWL at Purdue. This portion of the OWL site contains many exercises and links to pages with grammar information. Click on the "Grammar and Mechanics" link.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Online Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online. Searchable dictionary and thesaurus.
http://www.m-w.com

Dictionary.com. Searchable online dictionary.
http://dictionary.reference.com/

Other WACs

Colorado State University WAC Summary
http://wac.colostate.edu/programs

California State University, Sacramento WAC
http://www.csus.edu/wac/real_world_writing.stm