Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
- Test yourself: Are you an unwitting plagiarist?
http://leeds.bates.edu/cbb/?q=node/60 - Bard's Policy on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty
See the Student Handbook on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty (pg. 175-177)
Citations and Bibliographic Guides
- NoodleBib: Generate, edit, and publish an MLA Works Cited list or APA References list that complies with the rules of the current MLA Handbook and APA Publication Manual. To use NoodleBib, you must first create a personal folder. Click on the New User link and follow the instructions.
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php?group=2665&code=2318 - RefWorks will create a bibliography formatted according to Chicago, MLA, APA, and styles commonly used in the sciences. To use RefWorks, you must first create a personal folder. New users should take the online tutorial.
http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/login.asp?WNCLang=false
NoodleBib and RefWorks are both accessible from the Bard library webpage under A -Z Indexes and Databases. If you have questions about how to set up an account or how to use either NoodleBib or RefWorks, please ask a reference librarian for assistance.
- APA Guide to citations
www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/apa.html - MLA Guide to citations
www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/mla.html - Chicago Style Guide to Citations
www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/chicago.html - AAA Style Guide
Click here to download the PDF.
Writing Academic Papers
These links have helpful information about virtually every part of the academic writing process:
- http://cai.ucdavis.edu/trc/trcgrid.html
- http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/index.html
- http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/resources.html
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
On-line Research:
- The Internet Public Library’s E-resources
An exhaustive list of links to on-line reference works
www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref00.00.00 - Stevenson Library's Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
www.bard.edu/library/other/reference/dictionaries.htm - Online! A reference guide to using internet sources:
www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/ - International public library, links to newspapers worldwide:
www.ipl.org/div/news
Grammar Help
- The American Heritage Book of English Usage
www.bartleby.com/64/ - UW-Madison Writing Center Grammar and Punctuation
www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/GramPunct.html - Diana Hacker's Book Companions Extensive Electronic Writing/Grammar Exercises
www.dianahacker.com/student.html - Help with grammar, everything you ever wanted to know about grammer:
www.dyslexiamylife.org/grammar.htm
Improving Reading Speed and Comprehension
Time Management, Study Skills, Note-Taking, and Test Preparation for Students
- A. Nellon site
www.cob.sjsu.edu/facstaff/nellen_a/time_management.htm - www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/
- www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/aa-sbj.htm
- www.muskingum.edu/home/cal/
- www.clt.cornell.edu/campus/learn/LSC Resources/cornellsystem.pdf
Support for Students with Learning Disabilities
- www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/postsecondary/ncld_selfadv.html
- www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/transition/college_tips.html
- www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/legal_legislative/
college_students_and_dis_law.html - www.heath.gwu.edu
- Study skills for dyslexic students.
www.horne28.freeserve.co.uk/dystudy.htm - www.adhdnews.com/testforum/test628.htm
- add.about.com/cs/offtocollege/tp/bookscollege.htm
Attention Deficit Disorder
Foreign Language Help Sites
Chinese
- China West Cultural Exchange: Lessons in basic Cantonese, Mandarin, character writing, and culture.
www.chinawestexchange.com - On-Line Chinese Tools: Chinese study tools.
www.mandarintools.com
English as a Second Language
French
- French Grammar Central: College-level grammar help and verb conjugations.
globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/gramm.html - Ultralingua.net: Very resourceful grammar reference site.
www.ultralingua.net/french/grammar.html
German
- German for Travellers: Exercises, grammar, vocabulary, and pronounciation.
www.germanfortravellers.com/learn/index2.html - Ultralingua.net: Very resourceful grammar reference site.
www.ultralingua.net/german/grammar.html
Italian
- Travlang’s English-Italian On-line Dictionary
dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishItalian/ - Italian Tutorials/Lessons, Oggi E Domani
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/modlang/carasi/site/pageone.html - Three Italian Lessons
www.june29.com/~chambers/Italian/ - Basic Italian Grammar
www.gwc.org.uk/ModernLang/hotpot/Italian2/GrammarIndex.htm - Links to Italian Grammar Websites
www.york.ac.uk/inst/ltc/lfa/italianverbrevision
Japanese
- A Logical Japanese Grammar: Pronounciation, nouns, and verbs.
homepage3.nifty.com/jgrammar/ - Japanese Grammar: Helpful grammar review and expressions
japaneseculture.about.com/blgrammar.htm
Latin and Greek
- Perseus Digital Library: Latin and Greek Grammar and Vocabulary
www.perseus.tufts.edu
Russian
- Thorough on-line grammar reference.
http://russian.dmll.cornell.edu/grammar/toc.htm - Russian Web Tutor. Site includes links to “Learn to Read Russian” (step-by-step guide through the Russian alphabet, with sound files for pronunciation practice), “Grammar Tutorials,” and “Grammar Exercises.”
http://www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/RWT/welcome.html
Spanish
- Spanish Grammar Tutorial: Extensive grammar site
www.studyspanish.com/tutorial.htm - Spanish Grammar Exercies
www.colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises/
Bibliography of Writing Handbooks and Style Manuals
| Ref. BF 76.7 .A43 1994 | American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of theAmerican Psychological Association. Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association. 1994. |
| Ref. Z253.U69 1993 | Chicago Manual of Style. 14th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993. |
| Ref. T11 S386 1994 | Council of Biology Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Style Manual. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. |
| Ref. T 11 D33 1998 | Day, Robert A. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 5th edition. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group, 1998. |
| Ref. LB 2369 .G53 | Modern Language Association. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. New York: Modern Language Association,1995. |
| Ref. PN 147 G444 | Modern Language Association. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. New York: Modern Language Association, 1998. |
| Ref. PE 1408 .S772 2000 | Strunk, William S. and White, E. B. The Elements of Style. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 2000. |
| Ref. LB 2369 .T8 1996 | Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. |
Helpful Texts
- Crews, Frederick. Borzoi Handbook for Writers. NY:McGraw-Hill, 1992.
- Harvey, Gordon. Writing with Sources. Indianapolis: Hackett, 1998.
- Williams, Joseph. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. NY: Longman, 2002