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The Writing Center is located in Ekstrom Hall, room E-502,
adjacent to the Academic Skills Development Center. Tutors are available during the
following hours:
Monday through Thursday, 10:30-4:30
The Writing Center provides individualized tutorial services and writing instruction to all NVCC students and the Waterbury community.
203-575-8153
Writing Center Information can be found here.
Helpful tutorials are available here:
Helpful Online Links
- Capital Community College's Guide to Grammar and Writing: Online handbook, grammar exercises and quizzes, guide to writing, links to other useful help.
- NVCC Library Home Page: A great way to start any writing or research project.
- Writing Introductions and Conclusions: Links to sites that have materials specifically on writing introductions and conclusions.
- Organizing Information: Links to sites that have materials specifically on taking notes, outlining and organizing.
- Revising and Rewriting: Links to sites that have materials on proofreading, editing, and revising, including critiquing and peer review checklists.
- Avoiding Plagiarism: UW-Lacrosse provide links to sites that define and illustrate plagiarism, as well as advice for avoiding plagiarism.
- SparkNOTES: Another great place to start any writing or research project. Other Resources available to help in ALL your classes.
- Writing Help for Desperate Students: This offers an interesting look with additional links available.
- Purdue University's Online Writing Lab - OWL: Instructional handouts, help with ESL concerns, links to other resources.
- The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing: It should be called a thinking guide rather than a writing guide. Lots of information.
- Elements of Style:William Strunk's Writing Tips.
- Bartelby.com: The Reference section has a dictionary and thesaurus.
- Paradigm Online Writing Resources: Advice on writing informal essays, thesis/support essays, exploratory essays, and argumentative essays.
- Dave's ESL Cafe: Idea page, idiom page, phrasal verb page, question page, quiz center, quote page, slang.
- Common Errors in English: A list of the most common errors in usage with explanations and examples.
- R.P.I.'s Writing Center: Features online handouts on , documentation sources, writing cover letters, lab reports, critiques, cover letters and resumes, definitional techniques, developing and delivering presentations, ESL concerns, suggestions for revising prose, thesis development and writing with gender-fair language.
- WriteNet - Worcester State College's Web Site: Contains writing guides, how-to materials.
- Grammar and Style Notes: A miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage.
- NewsLink: Dailies, weeklies, and alternative newspapers online. Newspaper links from around the world.
- American Journalism Review: American Journalism Review is a national magazine that covers all aspects of print, television, radio and online media.
- Statistical Resources on the Web: University of Michigan's collection of links to statistics sites, organized by subject.
 Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Modern Language Association (MLA) Information
Improving your Study Skills
- Study Guides and Strategies -- Reading, studying, writing, preparing for tests and participating in class are covered thoroughly here. Worth exploring are the tips on multiple choice, short answer, essay, true/false and math tests. By the way, if that test is tomorrow, visit the section on cramming in Preparing for Tests. Bottom Line: The studying and test taking tips are especially valuable.
- Study Skills Self-Help Information -- Sometimes emotional and mental factors become more of a problem for students than specific study skills. This site from Virginia Tech covers such issues as distractions, concentration, motivation, priorities, stress and memory. Our favorite: ten rational tips on how to beat the procrastination blues. There's also help with reading scientific material, constructing a term paper and proofreading. Bottom Line: Learn how to deal with distractions, procrastination and stress.
- Estudy Centre -- Despite some Australian terminology, this site has practical advice for the college-level student. It addresses the jump from high school to college ("uni") and the changes in expectations, workloads and student-teacher interaction. Detailed sections cover common study topics - taking notes, writing reports and taking exams. Time management is covered in unusual depth here. Bottom Line: Great advice for making the transition to college.
- University Learning Center's Study Skills Handouts -- This guide from the university of North Dakota features tip sheets that exemplify what note-taking should look like: well-organized, concise and easy to skim. Learn hot to study smarter, increase motivation, cram and improve listening skills. There are also handouts on taking notes and writing essays. Bottom Line: Easy-to-skim study tips and tricks.
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