This section will provide links to various resources to help you complete writing assignments as easily as possible.

CITATION

Every journal that exists has its own publication guide. For college, you will USUALLY run into one of the following:

American Psychological Association (APA) citation style, 7th ed.
Modern Languages Association (MLA), 9th ed.
Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE_Reference_Guide)

If your instructor asks you to cite in a different style, your writing center can help you figure out that format. Unfortunately, the only real way to ‘learn’ citation is to simply get the manual and dig in.

WRITING FORMATS

Remember back to previous chapters in which we talk about how many different ways there are to format documents. The following links can help you with some information about different writing formats.

Purdue Global College Writing
this link has further links with examples on how to write various styles of college writing
Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Writing Center
This link provides handouts at the bottom of the webpage, as well as links to make appointments with your university writing center.

GRAMMAR

Microsoft 365 (the full suite is included with your tuition) has a sophisticated grammar checker that can help you learn the patterns of error you tend to have in your writing (if you actually read the suggestions it makes). It is VERY tempting to use google docs because it’s what you’re used to, but our suggestion is to get used to using Microsoft word.

Your TAMUCC Writing Center can help you catch your grammatical issues in one-on-one appointments.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (the owl)