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Purdue OWL News
March 23, 2001

Welcome to the Purdue OWL News! This is an online newsletter about happenings in the Purdue University Writing Lab and the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL).

Welcome to the Purdue OWL News! This is an online newsletter about happenings in the Purdue University Writing Lab and the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). We took a week off for Purdue University's spring break, but now we're back with more news. We welcome your suggestions and feedback at owlnews@owl.english.purdue.edu.

Our general writing concerns handout collection has many handouts about
the writing process. You can browse it at
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/index.html

Here are some highlights:

Thought starters for when you start to write
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_plan3.html

Developing an outline
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_outlin.html

Higher order and later order concerns for revision
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_hocloc.html

Proofreading your paper
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_proof2.html

Grammar Question of the Week

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What's Happening In The Writing Lab

OWL Eye on ... Handouts and Reference Books

If you need a handout on any kind of writing related concern, or if you're looking for a reference book such as the MLA or APA style manual, or if you just need to look up a word in the dictionary, the Writing Lab is a great place to go.

In the Writing Lab, we offer paper copies of all of the handouts we provide on OWL. We also have shelves and shelves full of books on all aspects of writing, many of which can be checked out on short term loan. These books cover topics of interest for both students and teachers, including grammar and style manuals, references for citing sources, resources for learning English as a Second Language, and books about
teaching writing and working in a writing center. Stop by and see what we have to offer!

What's New in the Writing Lab

There's still plenty of time this semester to meet with one of our many fantastic graduate and undergraduate tutors about papers for a course, resumes or cover letters, or any kind of writing that you happen to be working on. You can call the front desk at 494-3723. to make an appointment or stop by and visit us in Heavilon Hall 226. We also have drop-in appointments.

Our In-Lab Workshop series continues. An In-Lab Workshop is a great way to
brush up on some skills that you might need for a class, or to learn some
new skills that you might need in the future.

Here are our In-Lab Workshops for the next two weeks:

Using OWL (Online Writing Lab) -Monday, March 26, 4:00 p.m.
Film Analysis -Tuesday, March 27, 4:00 p.m.
Resumes (Traditional and Scannable) -Monday, April 2, 3:00 p.m.
Literary Analysis -Tuesday, April 3, 4:00 p.m.

For more information about our In-Lab workshops, visit http://owl.english.purdue.edu/lab/labwrkshps.html. Teachers of any class
at Purdue can also invite a travelling tutor to visit their classes and
give workshops as well. For more information about that, please visit our
page on in-class workshops at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/lab/workshops.html

What's Happening On OWL

OWL Eye On... General Writing Concerns

Are you working on a project for one of your classes and aren't sure where to start? Do you need strategies for proofreading and revising your documents? Would you like to learn more about different genres of writing? We have a whole collection of handouts about the writing process that might have just what you need.

What's New on OWL

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The OWL staff was off last week for spring break, but we're now back to work. Look for more revisions, updates, and changes soon!

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If you'd like to help us out, please send us any good writing links that you find useful. We're especially looking to build our resources for teachers page at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/internet/resources/teachers.html. Please mail link@owl.english.purdue.edu with any links and categories you'd like
to see added!

Final Thoughts

Thanks for reading our newsletter, and thank you to those of you who have been sending us feedback! We really enjoy hearing from our readers. You can mail us at any time at owlnews@owl.english.purdue.edu. You can also email the OWL coordinator, Geoff Stacks, at coordinator@owl.english.purdue.edu and the webmaster, Erin Karper, at webmaster@owl.english.purdue.edu. (Erin and Geoff take turns writing the
newsletter.)

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