Lectures Available:
Scholarly Writing 1 - Preparing and Researching Your Paper (Added March, 2009)
MP3 Lecture (39:01) Power Point (2007) PDF of Power Point
Description: This lecture focuses on tasks important for preparing to write a paper, such choosing a topic, developing a thesis, researching your paper, and what questions to ask your professor before writing. It also gives an overview of different types of scholarly and academic writing, such as position papers, blog entries, research papers, and scholarly papers.
Scholarly Writing 2 - Organizing Your Paper (Added March, 2009)
MP3 Lecture (30:47) Power Point (2007) PDF of Power Point
Description: This lecture provides an overview of how the steps in organizing a scholarly paper including integrating resources, developing an outline, identifying weaknesses, and editing your paper. Examples of outlines are included.
Using Scholarly Resources: Improving Academic Writing (Added July, 2006)
MP3 Lecture (75:36) Power Point
Description: This lecture discusses how to improve scholarly and academic writing through learning to use scholarly resources. It covers 1) what is a scholarly resource, 2) scholarly resources and the internet, 3) how to use scholarly resources, and 4) how to avoid infuriating your professor, along with many other topics.