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Writing and Study Skills

Study Skills

Barnes, Rob, Successful Study for Degrees (New York: Routledge, 1995).

Writing Resources

Books

Heffernan, James A. W. and John E., Lincoln, Writing: A College Handbook, 3rd ed. (New York and London: Norton, 1990).

Hacker, Diana, A Writer’s Reference, 5th ed. (Boston and New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2003).

Johnson, Andrew P., A Short Guide to Academic Writing (Lanham, Md.:  University Press of America, 2003). Note: Section Three.

Kane, Thomas, The New Oxford Guide to Writing (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988).

Rankin, Elizabeth, The Work of Writing: Insights and Strategies for Academics and Professionals (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, 2001).

Williams, Joseph M., Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace (New York: Pearson Longman, 2003).

Online Resources

Olson, Gary A. "Punctuation Made Simple"

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab

The Bedford Handbook

The Best Ways to Read a Book in College

Success is All in the Mind