4 December 2012 0 Comments

Featured Resource: Purdue OWL

Hello again, it is time for a new featured resource! This time we will be taking a look at the Purdue OWL website. As a consultant one of the most frequent questions I help students with is how to cite sources. Citations are difficult for many reasons, but the Purdue OWL is one great option for finding [...]

9 November 2012 0 Comments

Trouble with Citation? There’s a Machine for that.

Clients at the WC often come in with concerns about citation. I’ve had people, from freshmen to graduate students, come to me asking how to do MLA/APA/Chicago style citation, and with all the scary stuff (read: implicit threats) written about academic honesty and plagiarism, it’s understandable why. Citation is a necessary part of academic writing, [...]

26 July 2012 0 Comments

Featured Resource: TED Talks

This week we will be introducing a new bi-weekly article to our website users. The featured resource entry will cover different resources to help our clients more effectively construct and execute their writing. As a consultant one of the most frequent questions I receive is: “What are good resources to help me write my paper?” [...]

16 April 2012 0 Comments

Introducing Our Podcast Archive

In the transition to our new website we’ve also been harvesting content from the old website, which means we’ve found some awesome Writing Center gems. Like an assortment of informative podcasts! Rather than let these podcasts vanish into the ether, we’ve decided to archive them on our new site. You can find the entire collection [...]