Helpful Links for Consultants

The Re-Visioner Archives (PDF for download)

• Issue I, Volume I (April 2006 Newsletter)
• Issue II, Volume I (November 2006 Newsletter)
• Issue II, Volume II (April 2007 Newsletter)

Useful Campus Links

• Office of Disability Services
  http://www.ods.appstate.edu
• Counseling and Psychological Services Center
  http://www.counseling.appstate.edu/
• Libraries and Library Services
  http://www.library.appstate.edu/
• University Tutorial Services
  http://www.tutoring.appstate.edu/
  
• University Police
  http://www1.appstate.edu/dept/busaf/police/index.html
• College of Business (COB) Basic Writing Skills Proficiency Exam
  http://www.business.appstate.edu/advising/student/PROFICIENCYTESTS.asp
  Scoring Rubric
  http://www.business.appstate.edu/advising/student/writingtestscores.htm#10
  

Documentation Guidelines

• MLA (Modern Language Association)
  http://www.mla.org/
  
• APA (American Psychological Association)
  http://apa.org/
  
• Online Guide to Using Internet Sources (available through Bedford/St. Martin's) http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/index.html

Grammar & Style

• Judy Vorfeld's Webgrammar
  http://www.webgrammar.com/
  
• Refdesk.com's Grammar, Usage and Style
  http://www.refdesk.com/factgram.html
  
• Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and E.B. White
  http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Online Writing Center Publications

• The Dangling Modifier, Penn State Univeristy
  Online journal that accepts articles from peer consultants which explore issues in writing center work. http://www.ulc.psu.edu/Dangling_Modifier/
  
• Kairos, Douglas Eyman and Lames A. Inman, Co-editors
  Online journal that accepts papers and articles which address rhetorical, pedagogical, or compositional issues. http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/

Writing Center Journals

• Writing Center Journal, Neal Lerner and Beth Boquet, Co-editors
  Journal published twice a year that accepts articles and papers concerned with writing center issues. http://www.writing.ku.edu/wcj/
  
• The Writing Lab Newsletter, Muriel Harris, Editor
  Published by The RiCH Company, LLC
  Newsletter published monthly from September to June that accepts essays and articles from consultants and directors that explore writing center concerns. Ariticles focus on tutoring theory and methodology, handling ESL issues, writing center management, training tutors, and using tutorial theory and pedagogy. In addition, it contains conference announcements, book reviews, professional news, and a column by and for tutors. http://www.writinglabnewsletter.org/
  
• Southern Discourse, Christine S. Cozzens, Editor
  Journal published three times a year that asks for articles, essays, and columns dealing with writing center concerns. For information, email the editor:ccozzens@agnesscott.edu.

Writing Center Association Websites

• International Writing Center Association Website (IWCA)
  http://www.writing.ku.edu/2005/
  
• Southeastern Writing Center Association Website (SWCA)
  http://swca.us/
  
• National Council of Peer Tutors in Writing (NCPTW)
  http://www.wc.iup.edu/ncptw/

Other Writing Center Websites

• Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
  
• Virginia Tech
  http://www.english.vt.edu/writing/center.htm
  
• University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/
  
• University of Florida
  http://web.cwoc.ufl.edu/owl/index.html
  
• The Ohio State University
  http://cstw.ohio-state.edu/index.htm
  
• Arizona State University
  http://www.asu.edu/duas/wcenter/
  
• For a complete list of Online Writing Centers, go to
  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/owls/writing-labs.html