Concordia students, staff, and faculty are welcome to use Writing Center resources during regular Writing Center hours. These resources come in the form of books, informational handouts, and guides to information about writing available on the web.
Below are writing resources in electronic format, available at any time.
Handouts
Professional Writing
Why Writing Skills Are Important for Any Career
Email Etiquette
Writing Professionally
How to Write Cover Letters
How to Avoid Using Colloquial (Informal) Language
Created by Texas A&M University, accessed February 18, 2008, at http://rptsweb.tamu.edu/Courses/470/ColloquialWriting.pdf
Tips for Using Word Processing Software
How to Use "Track Changes" in Microsoft Word
How to Create Hanging Indents (for bibliographies)
Academic Writing
Academic Basics: A Checklist for Writing Papers
Approaching Academic Writing Assignments
Glossary of Writing Terms
Checklist: Turning in Final Draft & Brushing up on Writing Skills
Kolb Model for Writing Papers - Life Experience Essays
(Courtesy of Concordia University, St. Paul, Continuing Studies)
Outlining
Creating a Formal Outline in Microsoft Word
Sentence Structure
Identifying and Fixing Fragments
Grammar and Usage
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Using Active Voice/Avoiding Passive Voice
Commonly Confused Words (Homophones)
Punctuation
Apostrophes
Dashes
Ellipses
Quotation Marks
The Harvard or Oxford or Terminal Comma
Colons
Using Commas Correctly
Using Commas in Lists
APA Style
APA Format (for the APA manual, 5th edition)
Sample APA paper Dancing Clocks (for the APA manual, 5th edition)
Sample APA paper Dancing Foxes (for the APA manual, 6th edition)
APA F.A.Q.s
APA Style Quick Reference
Citing the Bible in APA Style
Using Numbers in APA Style
Page Headers and Numbers
MLA Style
Citing the Bible in MLA Style
Writing for Specific Disciplines
Writing about Film
Editing and Proofreading
How to Interpret Proofreading Symbols
Links
General
St. Paul Public Library
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary & Thesaurus
Writing Specific Types of Papers
Tips for Writing Many Different Types of Papers
Writing Compare/Contrast, Narrative, and Other Types of Papers
The Writing Process
Avoid Procrastinating: Plan Your Writing Process Here
Language Use
Using Academic (Formal) Language
Point of View
Exercises for Identifying Third Person
Grammar
Yahoo! Grammar Index
Parts of Speech/Sentence Practice
Grammar Practice Exercises
Grammar Practice
Interactive Grammar Exercises
Grammar Bytes: Explanations and Exercises
Dr. Grammar: Grammar F.A.Q.s
Punctuation
Punctuation Exercise
Grammar and Punctuation Practice
English Language Learners
Activities for ESL Writers
Avoiding Plagiarism
When to Quote versus When to Paraphrase
Using Sources Correctly
Avoiding Plagiarism
Citation Guides
APA, MLA, and Turabian Citation Guide
APA Style and Citation
APA Booklet for Graduate Students
APA Citation Guide
APA Style Crib Sheet
MLA Style and Citation
MLA sample paper for the 6th edition
Chicago and Turabian Citation
Chicago and Turabian Citation Guide
Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography Guide
Annotated Bibliography Information
Annotated Bibliography Examples
"Practice, practice, practice writing. Writing is a craft that requires both talent and acquired skills. You learn by doing, by making mistakes and then seeing where you went wrong."