One of the things that I’ve been really happy with at our writing center is our expanding reference library. Tasha, the front desk administrator most responsible for our fabulous new acquisitions, has done a lot of research and digging online to find new, helpful resources for all different kinds of writers. Here is writing center consultant Kyle Blochl encouraging you to come check out our bookshelf:

We now have a Writing Across the Curriculum shelf filled with new books to help students enter into discipline-specific discourse communities. Writing for Social Work? Check. History? Check. Film? Check. Anthropology, Biology, Political Science? Check, Check, and Check. A lot of these books are part of the Longman Short Guides and Routledge series for writers. Additionally, we’ve just beefed up our section on books for creative writers, including some great resources that have plenty of 10 minute creative exercises to get ideas moving on paper. I’ve been thinking about using some of the short creative exercises as a warm-up for sessions that deal with more academic writing.