On this page:
- Capilano University Library Resources
- Dictionaries and Reference Works
- Help with Documentation
- Help with Grammar
- ESL Resources
- Literary Resources
- General Resources
Capilano University Library Resources
- Discovery – search articles, books, media, reports and more
- Library Catalogue
- Periodical Databases (most databases require proxy server access from home and are restricted to student use only)
- Research Assistance (information on library and web research)
- Online Resource Portal (includes links to Internet search engines, useful reference websites and a selection of Internet resources that support Capilano University courses)
Dictionaries and Reference Works
- Visual Thesaurus
- Roget's Thesaurus
- John Bartlett, Familiar Quotations
- Strunk and White's The Elements of Style
- Merriam-Webster Online
- YourDictionary.com
- Online Rhyming Dictionary
- Heteronyms (words that are spelled the same but have different meanings when pronounced differently - e.g. wind or lead)
- Antagonyms (words with opposite meanings - e.g. where "bad" can mean either bad or good depending on context)
Help with Documentation
- For MLA and APA documentation, we recommend consulting the Writing Centre handouts MLA Style and APA Style, and The Capilano Guide to Writing Assignments available from the Capilano University Bookstore.
- Overview of APA Referencing Style
- APA format for Research Projects
- Purdue Online Writing Lab
- Chicago Manual Style Online (free trial available)
- Harvard Referencing Style
Help with Grammar
- Instructional Systems Traditional English Grammar
- Writing Exercises for Engineers and Scientists
- Grammar Bytes (explanations plus interactive exercises)
- Grammar and Style Guide
- Hypergrammar
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (a guide to essay writing)
- Purdue University Online Grammar Handouts
ESL Resources
- Online English Grammar by the Hampstead School of English
- ESL Idiom Page by Dave Sperling
- Dave's ESL Cafe
Literary Resources
- EPC (Electronic Poetry Centre)
- Complete Works of Shakespeare
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti Archive
- Literary Encyclopedia
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources on the Net (Rutgers)
- Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English
- Postcolonial Text
- UBU Web
- Victorian Web
- Voice of the Shuttle
General Resources
- Focusing on Words (Latin and Greek elements in words)
- Common Errors in English
- World Wide Words by Michael Quinion (Articles on quirky words and usage)
- Critical Reading and Effective Writing by Dan Kurland
- Oral Presentations
The Writing Centre Hours – Spring 2020
Learning Commons, room LB126
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday | 10 – 5 p.m. |
| Tuesday | 10 – 4 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 10 – 4 p.m. |
| Thursday | 10 – 4 p.m. |
| Friday | 10 – 2 p.m. |
First Nations Writing Centre Hours – Spring 2020
Library Building, room LB196 (Kéxwusm-áyakn Student Centre)
| Day | Time |
|---|---|
| Monday | 11:30 – 1 p.m. |
| Wednesday | 11 – 12:30 p.m. |
| Thursday | 1 – 2:30 p.m. |
| Friday | 11 – 12:30 p.m. |