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Alamo Colleges District

Alamo Colleges District

Bexar County
Downtown San Antonio
Est. 1945

Serving the Bexar County community through its programs and services that help students succeed in acquiring the knowledge and skills needed in today's world. Today, five colleges fulfill this promise with a vast array of courses and 2-year degrees.
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Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Lakeview College

Northeast Bexar County
Est. 2007

Serving more than 6,000 students from the ten Metrocom Communities and northeast San Antonio. Named "Best Institutional Facility" by Live Oak Economic Development.
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Northwest Vista College

Northwest Vista College

Northwest San Antonio
Est. 1995

Creating opportunities for success by offering quality academic, technical and life-long learning experiences to its diverse communities in a collaborative, student-centered, data-informed and shared leadership environment.
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Palo Alto College

Palo Alto College

South San Antonio
Est. 1985

Named "Rising Star" by the 2019 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, the nation’s signature recognition of high achievement and performance in America’s community colleges.
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St. Philip's College

St. Philip's College

East and Southwest
San Antonio
Est. 1898

A comprehensive public community college whose mission is to empower our diverse student population through educational achievement and career readiness.
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San Antonio College

San Antonio College

Midtown
Est. 1925

San Antonio College is named in the top 150 community colleges in the nation by Aspen Institute, and is ranked among the Top 10 colleges for Hispanics by Hispanic Outlook Magazine.
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Resources

Preparing for a Tutoring Session at the Writing Center

MLA Style Website: https://style.mla.org/

APA Style Website: https://apastyle.apa.org/

OWL Purdue Website: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Student Resources

MLA 8^th Edition

MLA Basic Formatting

MLA In-text Citation

MLA Annotated Bibliography

MLA Poetry Style

MLA Works Cited Page

MLA Example Essay

APA 6^th and 7^th Edition

APA 6^th Edition:

APA 6^th Edition- Format and Style

APA 6^th Edition- In-text Citation

APA 6^th Edition- Reference Page

APA Reference when Information is Missing

APA 7^th Edition:

APA 7^th Edition- Format and Style

APAintextcitations7ed.pdf

APA 7^th Edition- Reference Page

Chicago 17^th Edition

Chicago Style- General Format

Chicago Style- Citations

Common Types of Essays

Argumentative Techniques

Argumentative_ Persuasive Essay

Compare and Contrast Essay

Elements of Literary Analysis

Narrative Essay

Explication of a Poem

Scientific Writing

Scholarship Essay Writing

Scholarship Essay Writing

Resume Writing

Writing The Perfect Resume

Writing Process

Basics of The Writing Process

Brainstorming: General

Brainstorming to Define Reasons

Brainstorming: Web

Brainstorming: Outline

Multimodal Outline

Essay Organization

Writing a Thesis Statement

Topic Sentences

Guide for Using Quotes

Paragraph Unity

Writing and Editing Skills

Writing Concisely

Effective Writing and the Art of Inferences

The Power of Description

Does My Writing Flow?

Summary vs. Critique

Essay Symbols for Revision

Research Skills

How to contact the librarians at SAC (Links to an external site.)

Where to start your library research (Links to an external site.)

How to research for articles

Reading/Comprehension Skills

Basic Skills for College Reading and Comprehension

Video about Reading Techniques- From Dartmouth College

Study Skills

Prepare for an Essay Exam

Annotating Poetry

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Video (Links to an external site.)

Plagiarism and you

Plagiarism and Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

Plagiarism and Paraphrasing

Miscellaneous

Bloom's Taxonomy Questioning

Brainfuse vs. Writing Center

Faculty and Staff Resources

Types of Workshops

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Excellence in Writing Nomination Form

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Referral Form

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In-Class Workshops

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