Help! I Have a Paper Due Really Soon!

As I promised last week, this post marks the beginning of a series of posts discussing study and research tips!  It's the end of the semester, and, as I sit at the reference desk and look out at all the students working, talking, and studying on the 4th floor of Newman Library, I see many stressed, focused faces.  The series of posts that will run now through the end of exams is entitled Help! and will focus on services and resources that the library has to offer in your most dire research situations.

Help!  I Have a Paper Due Really Soon! 

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Although nearly every seat in the library is taken, the reference desk is eerily quiet.  I know that most of you researchers and study-ers are well into your projects at this point, but resources and services at the library can help save you time and frustration.  The Writing Center can help you with all types, levels, and stages of writing projects.  The Writing Center has had a night outpost in Newman Library for quite some time, and in January 2012, it will be permanently relocating to Newman Library full-time!

For the rest of this semester, you can take advantage of the Night OWL at Newman Library:  http://www.composition.english.vt.edu/wc/After_Hours.html.  Additionally, you may want to look for one of the many writing guidelines, manuals, and handbooks that we have here at Newman Library and online to help you develop a strong, cohesive paper:

• Last  Minute Term Papers
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students (Penn State website)
• The Transition to College Writing
• A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology
• The craft of Scientific Writing
• Communicating in Science:  Writing a Scientific Paper and Speaking at Scientific Meetings
• Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
• The Foundations of Research
• Preparing Research Articles
• Research Strategies:  Finding Your Way Through the Information Fog
• A Short Guide to College Writing
• Improve Your Writing

If these don't help, remember that the Reference Desks in Newman Library stay open until midnight during the week, and that we're always here to help.  Stay tuned for the next in this series of posts:  Help!  I'm Really Stressed Out!