Get Started and Get Help: Advanced Project Workshops will take place this Saturday at the Suburban Campuses

Are you:

Working on an Advanced Project but stuck in a rut?
Confused about how to go about the research process for your Advanced Project?
Trying to remember how to cite the journal you referenced in your Advanced Project?
Worried that your Advanced Project is due soon and you do not know where to begin?

If any of these applies to you, consider attending an Advanced Project workshop at one of the Suburban Campuses this Saturday afternoon. The Writing Center will be offering Advanced Project workshops this Saturday, October 9th, on all Suburban Campuses. As part of the workshop, students will develop a plan to complete the Advanced Project, review proper citation style, and explore various research methodologies. Students will also have the opportunity to view and discuss previous Advanced Projects.

AP workshops will take place after the regularly scheduled Suburban Campus Writing Groups. Please contact Tom McNamara to RSVP. View the schedule for the Suburban Campus Writing Groups at the O'Hare, Naperville, and Oak Forest campuses here: http://condor.depaul.edu/~writing/new_css/what/SCWG/scwg.html

ILP workshops begin this weekend

On September 25th at all Suburban Campuses, the Writing Center will be hosting a workshop for any SNL student interested in brainstorming, developing, proposing, or writing an Independent Learning Pursuit.

If you:

• want to do an ILP but do not know where to begin;
• have begun your ILP but want some guidance as you work through the process;
• have a draft of an ILP that you would like to workshop;
• want to develop a proposal and schedule for completing your ILP;

this workshop is the place for you! The workshops will take place at the Naperville, Oak Forest, and O'Hare campuses following the regularly scheduled Suburban Campus Writing Groups. To reserve your spot, contact Tom McNamara.

Writing Tools for Back-to-School Time

Write or Die by Dr. Wicked (http://writeordie.drwicked.com/about.html). If you have a hard time getting started writing or tend to get stuck, try this fun tool to get words flowing. Cost: Free.

Freedom (http://macfreedom.com/). Use this handy tool to block your internet access for a set period of time if every time you start on a writing project, you find yourself checking your e-mail, CNN, Slate.com, your e-mail, Facebook, and so on. Cost; $10.

The Citation Machine (http://citationmachine.net/) and KnightCite http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/ are both applications that will help you create correct citations in a variety of citation styles. Cost: Free.

Endnote is software that will help you with citations and allows you to build a searchable database of sources for big research projects. DePaul has a site license for Endnote, which means you can download it for free through Campus Connect. To learn more, see http://library.depaul.edu/About/displayFAQ.aspx?f=160. Cost: Free to DePaul students.

How to Cite a Cereal Box by Martine Courant Rife, JD, PhD

This video teaches the fine art of extrapolating from citation "rules" to fit the many kinds of sources not covered by any specific rule. It makes the point that MLA (as well as APA) citation styles are not a set of rules so much as a set of principles that you can learn how to apply.

Thanks to SNL Writing Instructor Kathryn Wozniak for finding this video.