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Tutoring and Academic Engagement Center offers a series of workshops on writing, as well as several courses each term to help you with your writing skills. Check out the list of available classes for more information.
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Writing Guidebooks
Writing Research Papers (Spiral)
by James D. Lester; Jim Lester; Jim D. Lester
The definitive research paper guide,Writing Research Paperscombines a traditional and practical approach to the research process with the latest information on electronic research and presentation. This market-leading text provides students with step-by-step guidance through the research writing process, from selecting and narrowing a topic to formatting the finished document.Writing Research Papersbacks up its instruction with the most complete array of samples of any writing guide of this nature. The text continues its extremely thorough and accurate coverage of citation styles for a wide variety of disciplines. The thirteenth edition maintains Lester's successful approach while bringing new writing and documentation updates to assist the student researcher in keeping pace with electronic sources.
Making Sense
by Joan McKibbin; Margot Northey
Call Number: John E. Jaqua Law Library Floors 3rd - 4th (LB2369 .N67 2015 )
Publication Date: 2015
The Making Sense series offers clear, concise guides to research and writing for students at all levels of undergraduate study. The volumes in the Making Sense series-covering courses in humanities, social sciences, life sciences, engineering, psychology, religious studies, and education-are intended for students in any undergraduate course with a research and writing component, but are especially appropriate for those at the first-year level. Revisions to the eighth edition of Making Sense include coverage of new developments in technology-based research and writing, new instructions on creating effective arguments, and up-to-date coverage of MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE documentation styles.
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk; E. B. White
You know the authors' names. You recognize the title. You've probably used this book yourself. This is The Elements of Style, the classic style manual, now in a fourth edition. A new Foreword by Roger Angell reminds readers that the advice of Strunk & White is as valuable today as when it was first offered.This book's unique tone, wit and charm have conveyed the principles of English style to millions of readers. Use the fourth edition of "the little book" to make a big impact with writing.
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