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University of Pittsburgh Writing Center (M-2 Thaw Hall) offers free one-on-one
writing help to all Pitt students. A Writing Center consultant can
help students at any point in the composing process. For more information
and hours, call (412) 624-6556 or visit their
webpage. Pitt's Literature Program offers a very helpful page that explains what plagiarism is and how writers can avoid it. The University of Wisconsin/La Crosse has created a
webpage of excellent resources on avoiding plagiarism (including examples
of acceptable and unacceptable borrowing from texts). Editing Documents Purdue's Online Writing
Lab (OWL) provides explanations
and exercises for punctuation and other issues. Improving Style David McMurrey has
written a concise
explanation of how to improve style by avoiding nominalizations and
passive voice and so on. While he wrote the page with technical writing
students in mind, his advice is helpful for many writers. Citation Resources Hillman Library offers a set of links on various citation styles (including MLA, APA, Chicago, and others). The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center offers information on Modern Language Association (MLA) style.
Searching the Internet Google is an excellent search engine that can be useful in your research. Nancy
Blachman has
put together interactive tutorials
on using Google. Interviewing Carter McNamara has put together guidelines for interviewing. A program at MIT provides some tips for conducting successful interviews.
University of Pittsburgh Support Career Services (224 William Pitt Union) offers a range of services from on-line self help tools to on-campus recruiting to workshops on interviewing and other skills needed to get a job. Explore what Placement and Career Services has to offer. The Office of Experiential Learning (B-4 Thaw Hall) offers information for students who want to earn credit for a range of research, internship, and service learning experiences. An internship or research experience can help students learn more about a field they're considering and can allow them to document their initiative and interest on their resumes. For more information, visit these sites: http://www.pitt.edu/~intern/ or http://www.pitt.edu/~urop/ .
Information about the Carnegie Library Business Collection (Downtown) Information
about Carnegie Library's Job
and Career Education Center
Pitt's Career Services office houses a Career Resource Library with computers and some books (238 William Pitt Union). Occupational
Outlook Handbook Online offers very detailed information about
jobs, including the market outlook for the future, average salaries, best
regions, and so on. Monster Public Service allows people to search for jobs in the public sector.
Here
are sites where you can read and research. Spinsanity explores manipulative political rhetoric. Adbusters critiques commercial forces that negatively impact physical and cultural environments.
Understanding Grantwriting The
Carnegie Library has a Foundation Center downtown. It offers many
resources (both bound and on-line), a newsletter, workshops, and staff
help. To find out more, visit their
website. Communications Consortium Media Center offers help to writers who are working with the media to get effective coverage of nonprofit issues. They offer, for example, advice on writing op-eds.
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