ESSAY WRITING RESOURCES

MLA STYLE

All course work essays and research papers in the Faculty of Humanities and Education of the University of the West Indies must follow the so-called MLA style.  It is your responsibility to acquaint yourself with these guidelines. 

Please find below links to useful resources available on the internet which offer advice on essay writing in general and the MLA Style in particular (that is, the guidelines issued by the Modern Language Association for documenting sources, using endnotes and footnotes, composing bibliographies, etc.). 

MY HANDOUTS

My Essay Writing Guide:

HTM version

PDF Version

Some Do's and Dont's

My Essay Correction Codes

UWI RESOURCES

Faculty Essay Writing Guidelines (PDF)

Plagiarism Accountability Statement (PDF)

EXTERNAL MLA SITES

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Bedford St. Martin's Press:

Capital Community College:

City University of New York (CUNY), Hunter College: (PDF file)

Dallas Community Colleges: :

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:

Jones, Tod E. (University of Maryland):

Pleasant Valley High School:

Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab (OWL):

University of Southern Mississippi:

GENERAL ESSAY WRITING RESOURCES

Hacker, Diana:

City University of New York (CUNY), Hunter College:

Dartmouth College:

Essay Info:

Harvey, Michael:

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:

Purdue University: (OWL)

University of Toronto:

University of Victoria:

University of Wisconsin, Madison:

York University: