View the Grinnell College Academic Honesty booklet.

In the following disciplines, use the corresponding citation formats:
Sociology: American Sociological Association
Psychology: American Psychological Association format
History: Chicago Manual of Style
English: Modern Language Association
Anthropology: Guidelines for Student Papers
Biology: Investigations Booklet (PDF Document)

Visit the websites of the the most popular citation styles to find answers to your questions:
American Psychological Association (APA): http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
Modern Language Association (MLA): http://www.mla.org/style
American Sociological Association (ASA): http://www.asanet.org/

Miriam Webster online dictionary: Easy to use search engine, thesaurus function, word of the day and word for the wise features.

Roget’s Thesaurus: Utilizes the Head Word and Main Entry scheme of the original. Head words offer electronic links to the main entries to which they pertain.

Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations: The site is based on the tenth edition of 1919 and has approximately 11,000 searchable quotations.

Quotations Page: Searchable by author or subject.

Elements of Style: Strunk and White, Searchable site.

Purdue University's On-Line Writing Lab: This site offers hundreds of downloadable handouts on grammar, mechanics, usage, style, etc.

Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric, a glossary of classical and renaissance rhetorical terms (Dr. Gideon Burton, Brigham Young University)

Iowa Scholars Desktop Resources: An extremely good overview of websites for scholars that includes links to searches of a vast array of useful references organized loosely by field. (Michael Calvin McGee)

Stress Management: How to identify and reduce your stress (from the Academic Resource Center, Sweet Briar College)

Activities for ESL Students: Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL)

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Collection of articles and tutorials including grammatical issues, tips on composition, and advice on English usage.

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