Writing consultants are available for both walk-in and scheduled appointments, or students may opt to submit drafts online.
Some of the resources listed below supplement A Pocket Style Manual by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers (2015) and Research and Documentation in the Digital Age by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister (2015) . Copies of each are available on 2-hour reserve at the Learning Commons Service Desk/Library Circulation Desk.
Students, faculty and staff have free access to an automated grammar tutor and revision tool for students. Grammarly is funded by Center for Online and Blended Learning and Title III.
To access the program, go to www.Grammarly.com/edu/students and register using your NNU email address. Once you have registered you will receive an email confirming your registration.
Automated Grammar Tutor identifies problem areas in writing and delivers instant instructional feedback on over 100 points of grammar. |
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Revision Tool
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Citation Audit |
Northwest Nazarene University provides access to the Turnitin plagiarism service.
Do you need someone to proofread your paper? Do you struggle with reading?
Did you know that if you are using a Microsoft Office product you have access to a FREE tool that will read your research paper aloud to you? It's really quite easy to install. Here's how...
Enable text-to-speech
Speak is a built-in feature of Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and OneNote, in the language of your version of Office. For example, if you are using the English version of Office, the English TTS engine is automatically installed.
To use text-to-speech in different languages, see Using the Speak feature with Multilingual TTS.
Add Speak to the Quick Access Toolbar
You can add the Speak command to your Quick Access Toolbar by doing the following:
Convert text to speech
After you have added the Speak command to your Quick Access Tool, you can hear single words or blocks of text spoken by highlighting the text you want to hear, and then clicking the Speak command.
Microsoft Office Support Site
[Retrieved from https://office.microsoft.com on September 3, 2013]
PDF documents need a different tool. The link above will take you to the Adobe support website or you can download the complete instruction document here.