Writing Resources
The Writing Center offers writing-related resources and presentations on a variety of topics. Check out our resources below.
Writing Process Resources
Getting Started
The Getting Started Powerpoint introduces or reinforces strategies for getting started with a writing assignment or project.
Thesis Statements and Essay Structure
This provides strategies for understanding different types of academic writing.
Evaluating Sources
The Evaluating Sources Powerpoint resource is an interactive class session that highlights a framework of criteria for evaluating sources for use in research papers.
Incorporating Sources
The Incorporating Sources Powerpoint goes over strategies for ethically, accurately, and effectively incorporating sources into academic writing.
Peer Reviewing Resource
The Writing Center has extensive resources, from sending tutors to help with peer reviews, to a peer review handout, to a presentation on the purpose, procedure, and etiquette of peer reviewing.
Revising and Editing Strategies
The Revision Strategies Powerpoint introduces and reinforces revision strategies, including large-scale content and thesis revisions and small-scale sentence-level usage and mechanics revisions.
Research Guide and Citation Style Resources
Nursing and Health Sciences
The Nursing Research Guide will assist in navigating to the different topics in the Libguide for locating and citing sources as well as finding news, policy, and professional development information.
APA Style Basics
The APA Style Guide introduces or reinforces the basics of APA style and citation format, paper formatting guidelines, language and style, in-text citations and reference entries. It includes a 鈥渜uick-guide鈥� to using the electronic library resources for research. We can provide support time for students as they search for sources and/or work on paper formatting.
MLA Style Basics
The MLA Style Guide introduces or reinforces the basics of MLA style and citation format, paper formatting guidelines, language and style, in-text citations and works cited entries. It includes a 鈥渜uick-guide鈥� to using the electronic library resources for research. We can provide support for students as they search for sources and/or work on paper formatting.
Subject-Specific Writing Resources
What Makes Business Writing Different?
The Business Writing Powerpoint will help assist when to inform, maintain goodwill, persuad, and request as well as to present the writer in a positive light.