See below for HELPFUL ARTICLES AND SITES (useful information divided into categories "On Reading," "Writing - Mechanics and Craft," "Writing - Academic Integrity," "On Preparation, Cognition, and Language in General," "Vocabulary & Spelling," and "Poetry").
HELPFUL ARTICLES AND SITES
ON READING
instructions for accessing Santa Clara County Library
on research showing that reading exercises the brain (Stanford University)
"The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens" (Scientific American)
"6 Techniques for Building Reading Skills -- in Any Subject" (edutopia)
WRITING - MECHANICS AND CRAFT
"MLA Formatting and Style Guide" (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
"The Guide to Grammar and Writing" (CCC Foundation)
"Transitions" (The Writing Center - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"When to quote and paraphrase" (Mesa CC)
"Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing" (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
"Avoiding Plagiarism" (Johns Hopkins)
"Writing styles: Are you different from other authors?" (Booksoarus)
"A Writer's Writing Style: What Is It?"
"Writing Styles (with examples)" (Daily Writing Tips)
WRITING - ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
"Types of Plagiarism" (Turnitin)
"What is Common Knowledge?" (MIT)
"The Plagiarism Spectrum: Tagging 10 Types of Unoriginal Work" (Turnitin)
"Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in a Digital Age" (The New York Times)
"What is plagiarism," and "Preventing plagiarism when writing" (Plagiarism.org)
free plagiarism checker (Grammarly)
ON PREPARATION, COGNITION, and LANGUAGE IN GENERAL
"How to Take Study Notes: 5 Effective Note Taking Methods" (Oxford Learning)
"10 Ways to Improve Time Management for Students" (Grade Power Learning)
"How to Annotate a Book: What to Look for and How to Take Notes" (TCK Publishing)
"Taking Notes While Reading" (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away" (NPR)
"Laptops Are Great. But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting" (The NY Times)
"Why Handwriting is Still Essential in the Keyboard Age" (The NY Times)
"I h8 txt msgs: How texting is wrecking our language" (Daily Mail)
"How the Internet is making us stupid" (Telegraph)