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Writing Center & Citation: Writing Center

The Writing Center is a place where all students can come to talk with peers about any aspect of writing at any point in the process. 

Make an Appointment:

  1. In-person in CULearn's Learning Commons. The second floor of the Christopher Center: CC248.

  2. By phone at 708-209-3462.

  3. Online, via Navigate. Select 'I Want to Make an Appointment' then 'CULearn' the location, and then under 'Service' select the type of academic support you're looking for (subject tutoring, writing support, etc.)

  4. Email: Students can also email their papers to writingcenter@cuchicago.edu.It may take up to 72 hours to get the feedback to you.

CU Learn: The Writing Center

The Writing Center is a place where all students can come to talk with peers about any aspect of writing at any point in the process.

Citing from EBSCO
Citing from ProQuest
Citing from Google Scholar

The Writing Center is a place where all students can come to talk with peers about any aspect of writing at any point in the process. 

Intro to APA Citation
Format APA 7th edition in Google Drive
Format APA 7th edition in Microsoft Word

The Writing Center is a place where all students can come to talk with peers about any aspect of writing at any point in the process. 

Introduction to Citation Styles: MLA 9th ed.
Setting Up MLA format in Microsoft Word
Setting Up MLA format in Google Docs

The Writing Center is a place where all students can come to talk with peers about any aspect of writing at any point in the process. 

Introduction to Citation Styles: Chicago 17th ed.
Setting Up Chicago (CSM) 17th edition
Creating Chicago-style footnotes in Google Docs

The Writing Center is a place where all students can come to talk with peers about any aspect of writing at any point in the process. 

Google Docs: Addition Citations & Bibliography

Purdue OWL

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University provides information to assist with many writing projects no matter what the skill level.

Check out the subtopics under General Writing or Research and Citation or Avoiding Plagiarism or Graduate Writing to name a few.

You may even consider OWL Exercises to brush up or learn more about topics like grammar, punctuation, spelling, sentence structure, etc.

UNC at Chapel Hill Tips & Tools

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill provides many "Tips & Tools" to help with the writing process.  Topics headings include: 1.Writing the Paper; 2. Citation, Style, and Sentence Level Concerns; 3. Specific Writing Assignments or Contexts; and 4. Writing for Specific Fields. Each topic heading then drills down into several  sub-topics to address specific components of writing within that field. A very useful resource.