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Metro State Writing Center

Drafted fall 2025.

Metro State Sites

Writing Center

Currently enrolled Metro students can make appointments for individual tutoring in all stages of the writing process through in-person, written feedback, or Zoom sessions.

  • Access writing handouts on our Resources tab
  • Research and Writing Help on Zoom: Drop in to a Zoom session during scheduled hours to get writing support from tutors and research support from librarians - no appointment needed. Available to students, alumni, and anyone in the Metro community during semesters.

Metro State Library and Learning Center

  • Research, reference, and writing support. See their Research Guides for resources specialized to your field.

Career Center

The Career Center provides free access to tools for students and alumni to explore career interests, internships, jobs, and develop their career competencies.

  • Resume Drop-In on Zoom: Career Center staff and a writing tutor will be standing by, ready to offer suggestions and ideas on taking resumes to the next level.

Style Manuals

Quick Guides for APA 7, Chicago 18, MLA 9 and Citing Oral Sources, are available on the library web page under the “Cite Sources” tab and on the Writing Center Resources tab where you can also find guidance for generative AI usage and attribution.

American Psychological Association (APA) 7th ed. Publication Manual, 2020

ASA Style Guide 7th edition, 2022

ASA does not have an online presence for their print ASA Style Book but here are two library sites with good quick guides to the citation formats and style principles:

Associated Press Stylebook, print and online edition updated yearly

Chicago Manual of Style 18th edition, 2024

Citing Indigenous Oral Teachings and Sources from Oral Traditions, 2022

Council of Science Editors (CSE), 2014

IEEE Editorial Style Manual, 2023

MLA Handbook 9th edition, 2021

Other Useful Sites and Learning Platforms

Legal Information Institute: “Introduction to Basic Legal Citation

Helpful for citing laws, court cases, constitutions, and other legal resources. Associated with Cornell Law School, a nonprofit providing free legal research and writing resources.

LinkedIn Learning

Available to all current Metro State students with a large library of tutorials and courses related to writing. Also access it under the Current Student tab on Metro State’s home page.

Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries

A globally respected site with vocabulary, grammar, and reference resources for English; excellent for usage and meaning, particularly for multilingual writers.

Purdue OWL

One of the most widely used sites for general or discipline-specific citation and writing advice.

San José State University Homegrown Handouts

SJSU Writing Center’s handouts address some of the most common writing questions students have and best practices for integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into writing

Texas A&M Writing and Speaking Guides

Texas A&M Writing Center’s comprehensive guides help to take you from brainstorming to revision. They also list podcasts, videos, and interactive lessons to supplement your learning.

University of Minnesota Center for Writing

Quick Tips handouts that are structured in a problem/solution format with explanations and examples as well as some curated resources from other institutions.

Writing in the Disciplines

Guides by the Appalachian State University Writing Center include field-specific conventions to use in writing assignments tailored to a discipline.

Applications

Ally

Ally is a tool integrated into D2L Brightspace at Metro State University that allows students to download course materials in a format that best meets their learning needs. For example, students who prefer to listen to material can download an audio file or they may use Immersive Reader to visually follow along while the material is read out loud.

Microsoft Office 365, includes Word and PowerPoint

Current Metro State students may install up to 5 copies of Microsoft Office on any personally owned devices. To download for free, follow the instructions provided in the Service Portal.

Ad/Pop-up Blockers

Software that blocks online advertising and pop-up notifications, which can be helpful in calming distracting web pages and increasing browser efficiency. Two options with free download:

Grammarly: Free Online Writing Assistant

Widely used and respected for basic spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement, and delivery mistakes. Grammarly's free grammar checker does use an AI but it is mostly predictive and not generative. The premium versions do use GenAI and may considered equivalent to GhatGPT.

Zotero

A free and easy-to-use program that connects to your web browser to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.