Student Resources
The Writing Center is available free to EOU students from every discipline and every course level. We offer writing support for all on-campus, online, or on-site students.
Becoming an EOU Writing Tutor
EOU Writing Center writing tutors are peer tutors, meaning they are current EOU students. All writing tutors must first take WR 220, Methods of Tutoring, and pass the class with a B or better. Hiring decisions are then based on EOU Writing Center staffing needs. If you have already taken WR 220 and would like to become a writing tutor at EOU, please email the EOU Writing Center Director at srysdam@eou.edu. If you are interested in becoming a writing tutor, your first step is to take WR 220. Please reach out to the Writing Center with any questions!
The Writing Center @ EOU Workshop Handouts
Student Prezi on Visiting the Writing Center
Critical Reading and Annotations
ESL Resources
50 Essential Sources for ESL Students
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Multimodal Writing
Digital Storytelling (James Madison University)
Online Portfolios (James Madison University)
Project Management (James Madison University)
Personal Branding (James Madison University)
The Data Visualisation Catalogue
Writing Help
Dashes & Hyphens (Writing Center at University of Maryland)
Myths and Truths About Writing: Read what famous writers have to say about writing as a difficult and complicated process.
PEE – an Essay-Writing Technique
Writing Commons: “A global, worldwide resource, students consult Writing Commons to learn about writing processes, rhetoric, genre, research methods and methodologies, peer review, style–and just anything else related to Writing Studies.”
Online Dictionaries
Longman Online Dictionary of Contemporary English
Merriam-Webster’s Learner Dictionary
Spelling
Note: Some of the linked pages in this section are designed specifically for people with dyslexia or other learning disabilities. Spelling rules are the same for everyone, though, and if you have difficulty with spelling, you may find an approach to spelling that makes sense to you.
28 Rules for English Spelling (Riggs Institute)
English Spelling Rules (David Appleyard)
Five Guidelines for Learning Spelling and Six Ways for Practicing Spelling (Susan Jones)
Spelling Rules and Tips (Oxford Dictionaries)
Research and Documentation
Purdue OWL: Research and Citation Sources
APA Style Blog (searchable; answers questions about common and unusual citation needs)
MLA 8th Edition – Web-based Resource (Purdue OWL)
MLA Works Cited: A Quick Guide (official MLA site)
EOU Pierce Library Research Help
Paper Format for APA, MLA, and CMS Style (Videos)
Reading to Write
Annotating Texts: Some Suggestions (with Pictures!)
Job Documents
Resume Action Verbs (Boston College)
“Why I Tossed Your Resume” (Brent Miller, The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Resumes & Letters (Monster.com)
Plagiarism
WSU Plagiarism Information Site Students may be particularly interested in the pages titled “What is it?” and “How to Avoid It.
Writing in the Disciplines
Business
Business Writing: An Introduction (Writing@CSU Guide)
Dental Hygiene
Research Guide (University of Michigan)
Science Writing
PESC Guide (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
