Paper Writing Resources

Citation Help:

• DC3 Student Achievement and Resources Center (SARC) This link will take you to a map of where the SARC is on campus and on the left hand side of the page, you can find out what tutoring services are available, what the hours of the SARC are, and what the phone number for the SARC is.

• Easy Bib Create citations for your paper or check your paper for plagiarism mistakes and grammar errors.

• Purdue Writing Lab Free research and citation resources for several style guides including APA, MLA, Chicago, and more.

• Citation Machine Create citations for your paper or check your paper for plagiarism mistakes and grammar errors.

Grammar and Punctuation Help:

• Grammarly Online Writing Assistant A free Google Chrome Add-On that spots grammatical errors and can detect tone, incorrect use of punctuation, and run-on sentences.

• Virtual Writing Tutor Free online grammar check website/proofreader. Keeps track of word count, grammar, punctuation, checks paraphrasing and word choice, and even has an error correction game to work at improving skills.

Ideas for Your Paper:

• 250+ Interesting Research Paper Topics for 2021 Need an idea for your research paper? This website has over 250 ideas under various subject such as Current Affairs, Education, Economics, and Bullying. It also includes brainstorming tips, links to related blogs, and advice on finding relevant information.

• 400+ Creative Writing Prompts to Find Your Next (Best) Book Idea You may not be wanting to write a book just yet, but if you have a creative writing assignment due and you don't know what to write, this website can help! It contains prompts for over 400 stories in 9 different subject headings.

Best Bet to Find Information for Your Research Paper:

Credo Reference, Ebsco, and Gale are available through the catalog. For access information, please see How to Access Databases.

Public Access Resources and Databases:

• Project Gutenberg Full text access to classic and public domain literature.

• LibreTexts: Composition Free open access textbooks related to English Composition.

• LibreTexts: Literature Free open access textbooks related to English Literature.

• DOAJ Online directory providing free access to peer-reviewed journals in a variety of academic topics.

• OASIS Open access educational resources.

• JSTOR General open access educational resources.

• New Prairie Press A collection of open access scholarly journals.

• State Library of Kansas Databases Free general subject databases provided by the State Library of Kansas.

• Pew Research Center Research center website containing facts and research results that pertain to US politics and policy, journalism and media, internet, science and technology, religion and public life, Hispanic trends, global attitudes and trends, and US social and demographic trends.