Resource Roundup for Friday, March 1

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Every now and then I’ll post a Resource Roundup here on the blog. It will feature links to articles, podcasts, and other sources useful or interesting to MALS students in your writing and research, plus tips for your current writing assignments. Here’s the first installment:

Writing mechanics tips

• Having trouble with sentence clarity? This handout from the Purdue Online Writing Center (OWL) can help. (Includes help with passive voice, parallel constructions, and transitions.) 

• For help deciphering your prof's comments on your papers, check out this MALS Writing Center link, as well as this Purdue OWL link for fixing the problems. 

• Eek! You're at the library and your copy of Turabian is at home. This quick guide comes to the rescue in a pinch. 

Good links

• Here's another argument (and some tips) for developing strong writing skills.

• This article talks about the benefits of the undergrad on-campus experience, but I think being on campus and getting involved is important for grad students, too. (Join a writing group! Check in with your writing consultant! Go to the library!) 

• Virginia Tech offers an interdisciplinary doctoral program called ASPECT. 

• This blog post poses some interesting questions about interdisciplinary research in the sciences—it reminded me of the topics some of you are covering in Joe Moran's Interdisciplinarity. What are your answers to the author's questions?