Learning Resources

The following learning resources have been compiled to assist students enrolled in AU’s English Language & Writing Skills courses or for general reference:

Essay Writing Resources

Athabasca University

• How to Study and Write Essays
• MLA Documentation Guide
• Write Site

Other

• Advice on Academic Writing (University of Toronto)
• Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources (University of Alberta)
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch (Rutgers University)
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary: Learning Resources
• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• The University of Victoria’s Hypertext Writer’s Guide
• Using Quotations in Your Essay

Literature & Drama Resources

Athabasca University

• Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia
• Canadian Writers: English-Canadian Writers

Other

• The Canadian Encyclopedia
• The Canadian Literature Archive (University of Manitoba)
• Internet Shakespeare Editions (University of Victoria)
• Library and Archives Canada
• Literature Online (LION)
• Records of Early English Drama (REED) (University of Toronto)
• Voice of the Shuttle

Student & Academic Services - Last Updated June 04, 2010