LibGuides: Writing & Citing (APA, MLA etc.): Get Help

Help in the Library

Anytime Help:

Use our Library Chat service to get help on the spot from a Student Research Consultant, and after-hours from partner librarians at other institutions. Click the Yellow Chat Square in the lower right-hand corner of any library page to chat!

Appointments:
Click here to find your Subject Librarian and make an appointment for expert help on citation styles.

Writing Help

Need help with grammar, writing mechanics, or formulating arguments? Check out these resources for polishing your papers.

University Writing Center (CSULA)
The Writing Center (located in Library South/Palmer Wing, Room 1039A) offers a variety of services to all Cal State LA students. You can come in with any type of writing assignment at any stage of the process. They can help you understand the assignment, organize, and revise your paper. They can even help you learn to proofread for your most common mistakes.
The Writer's Handbook -- Writing a Research Paper
Online guide from the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin -- Madison

They Say / I Say by Gerald Graff; Cathy Birkenstein; Russel Durst
ISBN: 9780393912753
Publication Date: 2011-11-15
They Say / I Say demystifies academic writing by identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ("they say") to set up one's own argument ("I say").

University Library

Writing & Citing (APA, MLA etc.)

Help in the Library

Writing Help