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)

EXTERNAL MLA SITES

MLA: Modern Language Association: MLA Style

Bedford St. Martin's Press: Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources

Capital Community College: A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation

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

Dallas Community Colleges: Citing your Sources with MLA Format: MLA Examples

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Bibliographies: MLA Format

Jones, Tod E. (University of Maryland): MLA Style and Documentation

Pleasant Valley High School: MLA Guidelines

Purdue University On-Line Writing Lab (OWL): Using MLA Format

University of Southern Mississippi: MLA Style Guide

GENERAL ESSAY WRITING RESOURCES

Hacker, Diana: Research and Documentation

City University of New York (CUNY), Hunter College: Reading-Writing Center

Dartmouth College: Sources: their Use and Acknowledgement

Essay Info: Essay Writing Center

Harvey, Michael: The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

HelpWithYourEssay.Com

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Center for Writing Studies

Paradigm On-Line Writing Assistant

Purdue University: On-Line Writing Lab (OWL)

University of Toronto: Writing Support

University of Victoria: UVic Writer's Guide

University of Wisconsin, Madison: Writing Center

York University: Centre for Academic Writing