UMUC

Effective Writing Center (EWC)

Online Guide to Writing and Research

Welcome

The Online Guide has many useful features. You can:

  • Easily search out a needed concept or task by using the Site Search Tool or the Table of Contents

  • Walk through the steps of researching and writing various kinds of course assignments

  • Follow related ideas within the text by clicking on internal hyperlinks

  • Choose from a variety of assessment checklists

  • Enrich your understanding of research and writing concepts and enhance your skills by visiting linked Web sites

  • Meet two student writers who discuss their different "takes" on research and writing tasks