Student Writing Support
At San Francisco State University, we take cultivating the writing skills of our students seriously. In fact, our University Strategic Plan identifies learning to write well as a key learning objective for the academic experience at SF State. We have compiled writing resources for you and your students to use in support of this.
SF State Writing Support for Students
Tutoring
Many groups on campus offer writing tutoring to SF State students. The LAC Website offers more information on each one of these groups is located on the website for the Learning Assistance Center 
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SF State Spotlight
The Learning Assistance Center supports San Francisco State University students in becoming independent and successful learners by providing skills-based tutoring and academic support referrals.
- Learning Assistance Center - The LAC offers weekly scheduled appointments, one-on-one or small group appointments, scheduled one-time appointments and same day tutoring. The LAC also offers help with business writing and taking the GET.
- Community Access and Retention Program - CARP offers tutoring for most undergraduate courses that require writing.
- Educational Opportunity Program - Tutoring services are provided by the EOP for EOP designated students only.
- English Tutoring Center - The ETC offers one-on-one semester long tutoring based on instructor referral.
The SF State Writing Program Task Force
In January of 2004, a group of external consultants visited SF State to review our writing program. You can view their report as well as the activities of the campus task force which has been developed to address it by visiting:
http://www.sfsu.edu/~ugs/wtf.html
Academic Integrity for Writers
To meet our high standards for academic integrity at SF State, students may need additional writing support. We have compiled some useful links with information to help in the research and writing of an academic paper that we hope you find useful.
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Citation and Style Manuals - A comprehensive list from Virginia Tech's University Libraries.
- Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources - This excellent guide has a variety of citation examples created by the University of Alberta Libraries.
- The Citation Machine
- This Web site makes citations easy! Fill in the appropriate fields and the "machine" generates the citation in MLA and APA format for you. Just copy, paste and double-check the information it provides.
- Research and References - Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) lists a variety of resources for research catagorized into sections that include editing resources, online references, indexes for writers, libraries online, online books and e-texts, newspapers, journals and magazines.
- Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet - This list of questions to consider when evaluating resources on the internet include; scope and subject matter, authority, currency and completeness, design, and ease of use.
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Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources - Virginia Tech's extensive list of internet, print-based, and example web sites for evaluating resources on the internet.
- Evaluating Internet Resources - University at Albany's Library produces a checklist/guide of what to look for when evaluating internet resources.
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Two student learning resources from CTFD have a writing focus. Visit our Student Learning Support page to find out how to integrate these online tutorials into your curriculum.
