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Bedford St. Martin's: Model Document Gallery
Sample papers of different styles (including MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, AIP, and CBE) in PDF format under sections: Business/Technology Writing, Humanities, and Natural/Applied Sciences.

Emory University Writing Center Resources- Grammar
Links to handouts on articles, pronouns, fragments, run-ons, verb tense, punctuation, and modifiers.

Harvard College: Writing Center-Writing Resources
Handouts on topics such as close readings, essay structure, topic sentences, revising and editing.

George Mason University: The Writing Center- Writing Resources
Handouts, checklists, organizers, and information on active reading strategies, brainstorming, editing, peer review, writing introductions, arguments, thesis statements, conclusions, and transitions, clauses, punctutation, verbs, connectives, articles, pronouns, adjectives, tenses, subject/verb agreement, etc.

Monroe County Community College: Writing Center-Online Handouts
Handouts with tips for revision, writing process, commas, quotation marks, and checklists.

Tidewater Community College: Learning Resources Centers- Writing & Citation Subject Guide
Links to samples of APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian papers and Works Cited.