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Press about the Writing Lab and OWL

Here are some links to articles about the Purdue Writing Lab and/or the Purdue OWL. If you know of an article about the Lab that we've missed, please let us know! If you'd like to know more about the Writing Lab or the OWL, we have a Writing Lab fact sheet and an OWL fact sheet available. If you'd like to interview Writing Lab or OWL staff, please contact us.

Articles in popular newspapers or magazines

Surfing the Net With Kids: Bibliographic Citations (Barbara J. Feldman, syndicated columnist, November 5, 2003)
Academic rescue squad (Ellen Miller, Indianapolis Star, September 2, 2003)
Surfing the Net With Kids: Online Research and Web Site Evaluation (Barbara J. Feldman, syndicated columnist, September 25, 2002)
Writing Lab Better Known Abroad (Kevin Cullin, Lafayette Journal and Courier, November 11, 1997)

Articles in academic journals

Plagiarism and cyber-plagiarism: A guide to selected resources on the Web (Patience Simmonds, College and Research Libraries News, June 2003, Volume 64, No. 6, pp. 385-389)
Caught on the web (Carol Isakson, Education Digest, November 2002, Volume 68, Issue 3, p. 79)
E-Learning by Design - Purdue's OWL: Online Writing Lab (Joseph Lansberger, TechTrends : for leaders in education & training, November/December 2001, Volume 45, No. 6, pp. 53-55)
OWLs: Online writing labs (Lynne Anderson-Inman, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, May 1997, Vol. 40, Issue 8, pp. 650-655)
Online Writing Labs (OWLs): A taxonomy of options and issues (Muriel Harris and Michael Pemberton, Computers and Composition, 1995, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 145-159)
Purdue offers new online writing lab (Technology Connection, January 1995, Vol. 1, Issue 6, p. 11)
Taking note (Science Teacher, January 1995, Volume 62, Issue 1, p. 74)

Articles in the Purdue Exponent

Writing lab assists students with papers (Kathryn Bennett, Purdue Exponent, 6/16/2003)
Lab offers comfort, writing assistance (Yuri Victor, Purdue Exponent, 8/16/2002)
Writing lab 'feels like home' (Yuri Victor, Purdue Exponent, 6/10/2002)
Online Writing Lab notices increase in visitors to site (Laura Pelner, Purdue Exponent, 9/6/2001)
Online resource provides writing aids (Megan Finnerty, Purdue Exponent, 8/17/2001)
Online writing lab provides students with learning tools (Jenny Jones, Purdue Exponent, 6/11/2001)
Writing Lab to offer workshops (Daryl Star, Purdue Exponent, 2/2/2001)
Lab helps students with writing (David Brunner, Purdue Exponent, 10/4/2000)
Labs aid student writing (Heather Holman, Purdue Exponent, 6/12/2000)

Press releases from Purdue University News Service

Purdue online writing lab boasts 'write' stuff (Purdue University News Service Press Release, August 12, 2003)
Purdue writing lab enjoys international use (Purdue University News Service Press Release, August 24, 2001)
On-line writing lab spanning the globe, setting standards (Purdue University News Service Press Release, September 1997)
Writing lab answers questions worldwide via e-mail (Purdue University News Service Press Release, October 1994)

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