Writing Resources

• CompTrain: A resource website for those teaching in the Composition Program has been developed.

• The Writing Center: The UCD Writing Center is a free service available to all UCD students who wish to improve as writers. In the Writing Center, students meet for 50-minute one-on-one appointments with a Professional Writing Consultant to discuss ideas, organization, thesis development, incorporation of sources, and grammar—pretty much any aspect of writing. You may work on assignments from any course or subject in the Writing Center. Consultants have a range of writing backgrounds and areas of expertise such as business, history, English, psychology and sociology. Please take advantage of this valuable service as you draft and revise papers for this course. Go to www.cudenver.edu/writingcenter to learn more and to schedule an appointment. Writing Center locations include:

• Downtown Campus: 4014 North Classroom.
• Hours: Monday – Thursday 10 am-6pm, Friday 10am-2pm.
• Anschutz Medical Campus: Room 1204 Health Sciences Library.
• Hours: Tuesday and Friday 10am-6pm.
• Online: www.cudenver.edu/writingcenter.
• Hours: Every evening 6pm-10pm.

 

• Center for Learning Success

The Center for Learning Success provides substantial tutoring sessions and provides special support for second-language learners.

Bookstore, Library, Advising, and Blackboard

• Auraria Bookstore
• Auraria Library
• CLAS Advising Center
• CU Online, Blackboard

Online Writing Help

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  Useful tutorials and handouts for academic writers.
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  Methods for starting and developing essays.
• A list of online writing centers, produced by the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Evaluating Internet Sources

• St. Louis University's Web Research Guide
• The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly: Or, why it’s a good idea to evaluate web resources
• Evaluating Quality on the Net
  
• Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources
  

Documenting Sources

• APA (American Psychological Format)
• MLA (Modern Language Format)
• Chicago Manual of Style

Other Links

• Purdue ESL (ESL resources, handouts and exercises)
• The Bare Bones Guide to HTML (help getting started writing code for web pages)