The Graduate Student Center is provided to you by the Title V PPOHA Graduate Grant, Award #P031M190053. The purpose of the Graduate Student Center is to provide graduate students an active learning, equipped space to study, collaborate, and access resources. The center provides both small group and one-on-one assistance with research methodology and statistical analysis. GRC support Financial Aid in delivering financial literacy. All services are available online and on-campus.
GRC space is located within SJBM Library. Remember to reserve your space with SJBSM Library Staff.
Request an appointment:
Director Graduate Resource Center
Linda R. Pérez Laras, DrPH, MSc, MS, MPA
Linda.perez@sanjuanbautista.edu
787-743-3038 ext 201
Graduate resources for sanjuanbautista.edu
Writing Resources
Online videos on tips on better writing
Improve your Writing: Show, Not Tell
Five tips to improve your writing
Websites
Explorations of Style: A Blog About Academic Writing. Professor Rachael Cayley, from the University of Toronto works in the Graduate Centre for Academic Communication.
Paraphrase and Summary. The Founding College of the University of Toronto website describe the uses when to paraphrase and when to summarize.
Quoting and Paraphrasing. University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Writing Center on the proper ways paraphrasing and when it may be considered plagiarism.
Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism. Yale University. The website describes the definition plagiarism, when to cite, fair paraphrase, common knowledge, high risk situations.
English Language learner
Free English Video Lessons for Grammar. Free videos on English grammar.
50 Essential Resources for ESL Students. This website offers a variety of resources to help the non-native English-speaking student navigate academic writing.
Duolingo is a free online language-learning platform.
Citing Sources
Citation Manager
Dictionaries, Thesauri, Grammar usage
Videos
Fix Your English Grammar Mistakes: Talking about People
The 20 Most Common Grammar and Mechanical Errors.
Websites
Cambridge Dictionary of American English (intermediate to upper-intermediate)
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (upper-intermediate to advanced)
MacMillan Dictionary and Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary
The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Visual Dictionaries
Merriam-Webster visual dictionary
Additional dictionaries
WordNet. WordNet® is a large lexical database of English. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs are grouped into sets of cognitive synonyms (synsets), each expressing a distinct concept.
Rhyme zone. Find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more!
Languages Other Than English
WordReference. The dictionaries include multiple synonyms, words used in sentences, and compound forms.
Online programs that can identify grammar errors
Check my Words Toolbar. A free on PCs with Microsoft Word and running the Grammar Checker will highlight potential common errors.
Grammarly. This is an online website that can help a writer with common grammar mistakes. It has a free component as well as a version that can be purchased monthly, bi-annually, or annually. It helps you to eliminate errors (punctuation, spelling, and grammatical) and enhance clarity and meaning (vocabulary usage and sentence structure) wherever you are writing; Word, Facebook, Gmail, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Tumblr.
SpellCheckPlus. This site checks text for spelling and grammatical errors. The free version checks only 250 words and contains ads. A one-year subscription without ads and no limit on text length, along with other features, runs around $13.
Original source of the information above
https://www.calstatela.edu/graduateresourcecenter/writing-resources
