Writing Resources
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Writing Resources
- The Purdue OWL: This website is one of the world’s most comprehensive online resources for writers, and it includes handouts, videos, and PowerPoint presentations for writing instruction.
- The Writing Center at UNC Chapel Hill: This website offers handouts on a variety of writing-related topics, including writing in different genres, the writing process, and citation styles.
- Boatwright Library Citation LibGuide: University of Richmond librarians offer resources on different campus citation styles, including exercises for students who want to test their citation knowledge.
- Generative Artificial Intelligence LibGuide: AI literacy is an increasingly important skill for college students, and this LibGuide compiled by University of Richmond librarians offers crucial information for understanding this technology.
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Writing Center Organizations and Research
- Connecting Writers Across Borders: This WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship blog was founded by Muriel Harris in 2012.
- WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship: This journal, started in the 1970s, is hosted by WAC Clearinghouse.
- The Peer Review: This open-access journal focuses on up-and-coming writing center research.
- Praxis: This writing center journal is run by the University of Texas at Austin.
- Another Word: This blog run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center offers articles on timely writing center topics.
- The International Writing Centers Association: Founded in 1983, IWCA is affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of English and sponsors conferences, professional development opportunities, and journals within writing center studies.
- Southeastern Writing Center Association Virginia Chapter: This chapter of the International Writing Centers Association includes academic institutions in Virginia.
- The Online Writing Centers Association: The OWCA offers community for writing center professionals interested in learning about best practices around online writing instruction.
- The National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing: NCPTW highlights the importance of collaborative learning in writing studies.
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Blogs & Online Handbooks
- Richmond Writing: This blog includes program news, Words of the Week, and Metaphors of the Month. Contact Dr. Joe Essid for information if you would like to contribute.
- Writer’s Web: This free, public-access handbook is designed and maintained by Dr. Joe Essid. Writing Consultants contributed many of the materials and helped to update the site.