Academic Integrity: An Overview: Home

The James Madison University Honor Council is committed to instilling, promoting, and upholding individual and collective academic integrity.

The Writing Center offers writers help with all types of writing, including arguments, scholarly articles, fiction and personal narratives, business writing, formatting and citation, grammar and punctuation, and research strategies. We welcome the brainstormer, the procrastinator, the perfectionist, the disorganized, the perplexed, and you.
We empower students, faculty, and staff to develop writing skills and confidence by providing one-to-one consultations, resources, and programming that support and enhance writing across campus. Come see what our team of professional writing consultants, graduate assistants, and peer tutors has to offer:
-Free, individualized writing consultations
-Faculty consultations for designing assignments and for responding to student writing
-Online resources
-Online tutoring for those who have trouble visiting the center
-Computer lab and study space

The Learning Center houses the following:
-Science and Math Learning Center
-Communication Center
-English Language Learner Services
-University Writing Center
-Peer Assisted Student Sessions

This guide contains information on how to cite sources in a variety of styles (including MLA and APA) as well as why you should care.

This section features instructional videos that show you how to set up your papers in APA, MLA, and Chicago formats, interactive checklists, and visual support for both in-text documenting and referencing at the end of your paper.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.