Faculty Resources

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• Go to our FAQs page for answers to commonly asked questions about the Writing Center.

Class Visits

• Go to our Class Visits page for more information on scheduling a class visit any time during the semester. 

Brochures

• Send requests to mmika@uwm.edu. Include your campus mailbox address and desired quantity.

Style Guides and Tutorials

• APA Stylebook - Works cited and page format guidelines of the American Psychological Association.

• APA Tutorial - "An Introduction to APA Documentation" (audio/video)

• Chicago/Turabian Documentation -Guidelines on using Chicago/Turabian Documentation from the UW-Madison Writing Center.

• MLA Stylebook - Works cited and page format guidelines of the Modern Language Association.

• MLA Tutorial - "MLA for Students: A No-Nerves Guide to MLA Style" (audio/video)

• Graduate School Formats - Master's Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation Format Requirements from the UWM Graduate School.

Plagiarism

• UWM's Plagiarism Statement - UWM's Student Conduct Page, which includes a section on Academic Misconduct- including information on Plagiarism.

• Avoiding Plagiarism - Information on plagiarism including what it is and how to avoid it, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

• What is Plagiarism? - Information on how to recognize plagiarism from Indiana University of Bloomington School of Education.