A WRITER'S RESOURCE is a student-centered text, designed as a resource for achieving excellence in writing and learning in the ever-changing digital environment that students confront in college. A WRITER'S RESOURCE responds to this environment in a number of ways
...As a TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE, A Writer's Resource is available on CD-ROM, as a PDA (eg.: Palm Pilot) download, and as a traditional text. All formats are supported by the most powerful writing and research tools available for Composition - online (this site) or on CD-ROM. This unique material includes:
Over 3,000 grammar and usage exercises.
Bibliomaker software that automatically formats source information in the MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, and COS documentation styles.
An online source evaluation tutorial that trains students to evaluate Web sources for quality and content.
Northern Light. With The Writer's Resource students get access to this powerful search engine, which offers over 7,000 premium research sites, all evaluated by experts for credibility.
...As a WRITING RESOURCE, A Writer's Resource provides unique guidance for busy students and instructors with Common Writing Assignments (Tab 3), which offers guidelines and models for the specific kinds of writing that you will encounter in college, particularly argumentative, informative, and interpretive writing (including writing about literature).
...As an EDITING RESOURCE, A Writer's Resource provides a thorough reference that treats issues of grammar and usage within the context of a three-step approach to finding and correcting problems with your sentences: editing for clarity; editing for grammar; and editing for correct punctuation, spelling, and mechanics.
...As a RESEARCH RESOURCE, A Writer's Resource helps you craft a useful research question and do key word searches so that you get fewer and more meaningful hits. A Writer's Resource also provides a directory of print and online sources to help you begin your research with authoritative sources. Additionally, A Writer's Resource addresses plagiarism as an ethical issue of authorship and ownership.
...As a LEARNING RESOURCE, A Writer's Resource includes a unique section on Learning across the Curriculum and a section of further resources that includes a world map, a timeline of world history, and a glossary of selected terms across the curriculum.
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