Improve your writing skills. Get feedback on your projects. Overcome writer’s block.
Our mission is simple: To offer free writing support for students at all stages of the writing process and to help them improve their writing skills.
We can assist with a variety of writing, including:
Essays/writing assignments in all subjects
Personal statements for scholarships and college application
Resumes and cover letters
Other writing needs
Our Process
Students come to their appointments prepared with the writing assignment prompt and ready to discuss their ideas, questions, or drafts.
What We Do
We love helping students to engage in the writing process by encouraging them to take a deeper look at their writing.
We help students:
learn how to outline, draft, and proofread their writing
understand how to format their paper, cite their sources correctly, and how to better create polished academic writing
Our goal is to help students to improve themselves as writers.
What We Don’t Do
We don’t write, edit, or grade students’ papers for them.
What We Recommend
The best way to take advantage of the Writing Center is to come early and often. Many successful students make appointments soon after getting an assignment and, again, throughout the writing process.
How to Meet with Writing Center Staff
Rocklin
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Appointments are online via Zoom or in-person at the Writing Center (LRC, second floor)
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If you have an online appointment with one of the Writing Center staff and you are on campus, you can access Zoom on a computer in a Writing Center and Reference Zoom Appointment Room in the Rocklin library. To do so, check in at the Circulation desk (LRC, second floor) to find out where to go.
Drop-in time (without an appointment) is available at the Rocklin Campus Writing Center (LR, Second Floor), Monday – Thursday, 10 am – 2 pm.
Our ultimate goal is to empower your success and to help you become a self-reliant writer.
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Resources
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You are free to download or reproduce the following materials for educational purposes. These materials may not be published or otherwise reproduced for profit without written permission from AVѧԺ Writing Center.
MLA 9th Edition Handbook. Based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 9th edition. Generally required in English and humanities courses, as well as other subjects.
APA Handbook. Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition. This format is generally required in psychology, social science, and some science courses.
Chicago (and Turabian) Handbook. Based on A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 9th edition, and The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. This format is required in some history courses.
CSE Style
CSE Handbook. Based on Scientific Style and Format, 8th edition, and Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences, 6th edition. This format is required in some biology courses.
The following writing websites and videos can help you write your papers and assignments. For additional help, visit the Writing Center.
Writing Labs and Guides
Over 200 resources on:
Writing
Research
Grammar
Style
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Professional writing
Citing Sources
The new approach to citing sources from the MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, 2016. Watch videos below on how to cite sources with MLA.
The American Psychological Association (APA) documentation style: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
(The Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Guides to formatting manuscripts, in-text citations and references page
Videos about MLA 8th and 9th Editions
Length 4:30. A quick introduction to the major changes in the MLA Handbook
Length 11:20. Many examples showing the logic of the new changes and to explore some of the most noticeable new details
Research Paper and MLA Video Series
Length 7:35. Introduces the MLA Citation Style 8th Edition, explains when to cite sources, the different ways to use information in your paper and how to correctly format in-text citations.
Length 15:24. The works cited list elements, format, punctuation and containers, quotations and titles.
Length 12:33. How to use the MLA template to organize citation information and properly create MLA entries for cited works.
