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 [...]
A production by The Writing Center @ MSU Production Team: Ezekiel Choffel Catherine McCaffrey Casey Miles Filmed & Edited by Casey Miles Music by Ezekiel Choffel Narration by Michael Tardiff
As writers, it is often difficult to think of how to start. Whether it be an essay or everyone’s favorite, a literacy narrative, there are many ways to get going. When I am faced with beginning a new writing project I find I have to also start thinking about who my audience is and what [...]
The Writing Center would like to invite you to check out our two new satellite locations at The MSU Union and McDonel Hall. These new satellite locations have been opened to offer new and diverse locations to get the same great help as all of our other Writing Center locations. Whether you live just behind [...]
This week’s featured resource is Wikipedia. Of all of the web resources available to students, Wikipedia is one of the most controversial. As we discussed briefly last time, Wikipedia is not a currently considered credible source. In its inception Wikipedia began as an encyclopedic resources that could be modified by “anyone”, and was thus deemed [...]
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?” [...]
