Subject Librarian: Gary Fouty Email: g-fout@tc.umn.edu

 

 

 

Electrical Engineering Libraries

The University of Minnesota Library System, with over 3.5 million volumes, is one of the 13 largest university collections in the United States. Bibliographic and other services of professional librarians are available to graduate students, and the library system is an invaluable asset for serious research. The main library site is http://www.lib.umn.edu and the Science and Engineering Library is available at http://sciweb.lib.umn.edu/. The physical sciences and engineering collections are housed primarily in Walter Library. Institute of Technology librarians in Walter Library will be happy to discuss the collections and explain how to use the library services (including LUMINA). Students need a University identification card to withdraw books or periodicals from the library system.

The Department maintains a collection of theses of our graduate students and these are available for you to check out. Please see the receptionist in 4-174 EE/CSci Bldg. if you would like to check out a thesis from the department.

Student Writing Support

Avoiding Plagiarism

Understanding Plagiarism
A comprehensive resource from Indiana University’s School of Education, this website defines plagiarism in depth and provides strategies for recognizing and avoiding it, including examples, practice exercises, and an online self-test with confirmation certificate for those who pass.

Quoting and Paraphrasing Sources
Writers with the best of intentions nonetheless do not always know whether to quote or to paraphrase sources, and how to do so appropriately. This comprehensive resource from the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin - Madison helps writers address this common problem.

QuickStudy: Citing Sources
This resource from the U of M Libraries defines accidental plagiarism and offers tips for avoiding it.

“What are you telling your readers?”
This handout approaches citation from a reader’s perspective. Writers can use this resource as a crib sheet to assess whether they are accurately communicating who deserves credit for the words and ideas in their texts

Free Writing Instruction

Student Writing Support provides free writing instruction for all University of Minnesota students—graduate and undergraduate—at all stages of the writing process. In face-to-face and online collaborative consultations, we help students develop productive writing habits and revision strategies.

If you would you like to stay informed about Center for Writing announcements, workshops, and events, contact writing@umn.edu and ask to join their listserve.

Center for writing
University of Minnesota
10 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612.626.7579
Fax: 612.626.7580
Email: writing@umn.edu

Student consulting appointments:
612.625.1893