Writing
Books - Ebooks - Journals - Articles - Websites
The books about report writing, creative writing, and books to support writers can be found by searching the catalog. For more information on how to search the library's catalog, view our tutorial.
MLA and APA Style guides for structuring your papers and citations are available at the reserves desk in the library.
One can find Ebooks either by searching NetLibrary or by using the library's catalog. To retrieve only ebooks from a catalog search, use the advanced search option and choose "Ebooks only" under limits. To view books in the Net Library from home, you will first need to set up an account from a computer on campus. To learn more about searching NetLibrary, view our tutorial.
The following E-Books could be helpful in your writing (NetLibrary):
Writing From Start to Finish: A Six-step Guide (2001) - Kate Grenville
How to Write a Paper (2003) - Geoge M. Hall
Last Minute Term Papers (2002) - Ronald W. Fry
The Research Project: How to Write It (2000) - Ralph Berry
Articles can be searched online using the databases in the Alabama Virtual Library. Some available databases associated with literature, writing, and writers are listed below. (Descriptions are from the AVL databases description page.) For more information about using the Alabama Virtual Library view our tutorial.
Literature Resource Center - Integrates searching for literary information including critical analyses, biographies,and bibliographies for more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. The Center covers 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers with additional coverage for 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes electronic versions of many of Gale's reference publications: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Merriam Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, Scribner Writer's Series (for example, covering African American Writers, Latin American Writers, Science Fiction Writers, Supernatural Fiction Writers), Twayne World Authors, Twayne US Authors, and Twayne English Authors.
Literary Reference Center - Literary Reference Center(tm) has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. Literary Reference Center includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 75,000 articles of literary criticism, 130,000 author biographies, full text of over 300 literary journals, 500,000 book reviews, 25,000 classic and contemporary poems, 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories, full text of over 7,500 classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006), 3,000 author interviews, and over 1,000 images of key literary figures.
Contemporary Literary Criticism - An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
Academic OneFile - Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
LitFinder - LitFinder is a clearinghouse for poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches since 1976.
Dictionary of Literary Biography - Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Contemporary Authors - Complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
The Directory of Open-Access Journals has also created a list of free, open-access, peer-reviewed "languages and literatures" journals which you can search for articles.
The Shelton State Library holds copies of some writing journals, as well as literature journals. To find out whether the library holds print copies of specific journals, use the advance search option to search the Library Catalog using the limit "Periodicals Only." To find out which journals are available electronically through the AVL, search SerialsSolutions. You may also want to browse the Directory of Open-Access Journals' list of open-access, peer-reviewed "languages and literatures" journals.
REPORT WRITING
How to Write a Term Paper
"This guide is designed to support you as you use electronic and print resources to: choose a topic, craft a thesis, evaluate thesis and sources, identify a variety of information sources, take efficient notes, begin and organize a research paper, use parenthetical documentation, prepare a Works Cited page, draft and revise a research paper."
Purdue Online Writing Lab Instructional Handouts
"A collection of over 120 online handouts relating to writing, organized by topic. Subjects covered include: General Writing Concerns; Writing Research Papers & Citing Sources; Writing in the Job Search; Professional Writing; English as a Second Language; Parts of Speech; Sentence Construction; Punctuation; Spelling." - description from the Internet Public Library
SSCC Choosing a Topic for Research
Shelton State Community College's guide to finding the topic for your paper
SSCC Choosing and Evaluating Resources
Shelton State Community College's guide to where to go for information
SSCC Citation
Shelton State Community College's citation guide
SSCC Plagiarism
Shelton State Community College's plagiarism guide
CREATIVE WRITING
Writing World
Writing articles and resources. Tips about how to become a better writer, get published and find writing markets.
Writer's Digest
"Writer's Digest is the world's largest magazine for writers, founded in 1920. Writer's Market, the bible for writers seeking to publish their work, was first published in 1921. Together, they form the foundation of a wide range of informational, instructional and inspirational offerings for writers... Our free Web site is updated every weekday. The site includes: Daily market updates; A searchable database of more than 1,000 writer's guidelines;..."
Writing.org
"Annotated guide to Internet sites for writers of all sorts, including fiction, non-fiction, children's, poetry, screenwriting, drama, computer and technical writing." - description from the Internet Public Library
GRAMMAR/STYLE
Guide to Grammar and Writing
"The Guide to Grammar and Writing contains scores of digital handouts on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded quizzes, recommendations on writing -- from basic problems in subject-verb agreement and the use of articles to exercises in parallel structures and help with argumentative essays, and a way to submit questions about grammar and writing."
Common Errors in English
"This site is especially helpful if you have a specific question about usage. Check out the links page. . .it is like nothing you've ever seen!" -description from the Internet Public Library
Guide to Grammar and Style
Grammatical rules and explanations from Jack Lynch.
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