Writing support

ASPIRE-Student Support Services writing support services:

• Meet with Margaret at any point in the writing process including how to begin, research, and writing your paper for any of your courses
• Appointments are 30 minutes in length and you can schedule one per day and two per week
• Appointments longer than 30 minutes are possible if there is no other student scheduled at that time
• In extenuating circumstances, a student can have two appointments/day or more than two/week

A few simple things to remember:

• If you’re not sure about the writing assignment, it is better to see your instructor before you come to see Margaret
• We work together from any point in the writing process - even before you begin writing if you’re stuck and just can’t get started
• Bring all information about the assignment with you
• Give yourself plenty of time to meet for writing assistance prior to due date of the assignment
• This is NOT an editing service; it is a facilitated writing process - meaning we talk, discuss, write, edit, change things
• Margaret does not edit writing sent via e-mail or dropped off at the office
   

The following are online writing labs/sites resources:

• Purdue Online Writing Lab http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
• Gallaudet University OWL (good section on plagiarism)
• Duke University Libraries: Documentation guidelines for citing sources and avoiding plagiarism http://library.duke.edu/research/guides/citing/ (best source for plagiarism questions and “how tos”)
• LeTourneau University OwLet (content presented in ways that specifically target different learning styles)
• Rochester Institute of Technology Libraries http://wally.rit.edu/researchguides/citing.html (good source for engineering and technology students)
• Shepherd College's http://www.shepherd.edu/scwcweb/handouts.htm (god printable handouts)
• Texas Tech University http://english.ttu.edu/uwc01/Resources/
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center http://www.wisc.edu/writing/ (excellent site for just about any question you may have about writing)
• University of Washington Psychology Center http://depts.washington.edu/psywc/handouts.shtml (good source for science and psychology courses)

• Confusing Words http://www.confusingwords.com/
• UW-Stout Policy on Plagiarism http://www.uwstout.edu/cas/english/handbook/plagiarism.htm
• Guide to Writing a Basic Essay http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/
• Study Guides and Strategies in a number of languages http://www.studygs.net/