Thursday Thoughts: Searching for Writing Center Resources

Thursday, July 21, 2016 Expert Advice , News and Notes , Writing Center Services No comments

One of our favorite practices here in the Walden University Writing Center is to provide resources to our writers. Why do we do this? Most importantly, Walden U students are online learners and are often juggling families, careers, and a rigorous class schedule. We created our resources to be accessible on-demand so they're ready to be used whenever our students need them.

So when it comes to writing resources, it's not a question of if we have them, it's a question of how to find them. With that in mind, let's take a quick look at the best ways to access the massive library of Walden University Writing Center resources. Please note, almost all of these resources are free and open to the public. Feel free to share them widely.

Use these two search boxes to access the library of resources available to Walden Students and the public.

To quickly access the library of Writing Center resources, use these two search options.

Step 1: Navigate to the Walden U Writing Center homepage

Step 2: Look for the two search bars: The Quick Answers search bar and the Writing Center search bar.

The search bar in the upper-right hand corner will take whatever writing-related term you enter and search all of our resources. Perhaps you're looking for information on transitions. Go ahead and try using the search term "transitions". The window that pops open will give you a list of all Writing Center resources pertaining to transitions.
If you have a specific writing-related question, The Quick Answers search bar in the middle of the page is pre-programmed with answers to hundreds of our students' most common questions. Try out the Quick Answers search with a question like "How do I format my paper in APA?" And voila! Check out the fecundity of answers to your specific question.

Step 3: If you still can't find what you're looking for, send an email to WritingSupport@waldenU.edu and pose your question to one of our expertly trained Administrative Writing Assistants who monitor our inbox 24 hours a day.

Happy Searching!

The Walden University Writing Center works to constantly improve and expand its offering of resources. Text based, multi-media, auditory, visual, and interactive resources can be found by searching our library. As a service to the academic writing community as a whole, Walden University provides nearly all of its resources free and open to the public.