Books We Have Found Useful

Bruce, Bertram, C. & Rubin, Andee. 1993. Electronic Quills: A Situated Evaluation of Using Computers for Writing in Classrooms. Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Haas, Christina. 1996. Writing Technology: Studies on the Materiality of Literacy. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Henry, Jeanne. 1995. If Not Now: Developmental Readers in the College Classroom. Portsmouth: BCH.

Holdstein, Deborah & Selfe, Cynthia, eds. 1990. Computers and Writing: Theory, Research, Practice. New York: MLA.

Kinkead, Joyce & Harris, Jeanette, eds. 1993. Writing Centers in Context: Twelve Case Studies. Urbana, IL: NCTE.

Montague, Marjorie. 1990. Computers, Cognition, and Writing Instruction. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Mullin, Joan A. & Wallace, Ray, eds. 1994. Intersections: Theory-Practice in the Writing Center. Urbana: NCTE.

Registad, Thomas J. & McAndrew, Donald A. 1985. Training Tutors for Writing Conferences. Urbana: NCTE.

Selfe, Cynthia. 1989. Creating a Computer-Supported Writing Facility: A Blueprint for Action. Computers & Composition.

Selfe, Cynthia & Hilligoss, Susan, eds. 1994. Literacy and Computers: The Complications of Teaching and Learning with Technology. New York: MLA.

Steward, Joyce A. & Croft, Mary K. 1982. The Writing Laboratory: Organization, Management, and Methods. Glenview: Scott, Foresman and Company.

Warschauer, Mark. 1995. E-mail for English Teaching: Bringing the Internet and Computer Learning Networks into the Language Classroom. Alexandria: TESOL.

Zeni, Jane. 1990. Writing Lands: Composing with Old and New Writing Tools. Urbana, IL: NCTE.


Articles We Have Found Useful

Blythe, Stuart. 1997. "Networked Computers + Writing Centers = ? Thinking about Networked Computers in Writing Center Practice." THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 17 (2): 89-110.

Carino, Peter. 1995. "Early Writing Centers: Toward a History." THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 15 (2): 103-115.

_____________. 1996. "Open Admission and the Construction of Writing Center History: A Tale of Three Models." THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 17 (1): 30-48.

Collins, Paul. 1996. "The Concept of a Co-operative." THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 17 (1): 58-71.

Ede, Lisa. 1996. "Writing Centers and the Politics of Location: A Response to Terrance Riley and Stephen M. North." THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 16 (2): 111-130.

Grimm, Nancy. 1996. "The Regulatory Role of the Writing Center." THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 17 (1): 1-29.

McAndrew, Donald A. 1985. "From Writing Center to Center for Writing: A Heuristic for Development." THE WRITING LAB NEWSLETTER 9 (5): 1-5.

North, Stephen. 1984. "The Idea of a Writing Center." COLLEGE ENGLISH 46 (5):433-446.

______________. 1994. "Revisiting 'The Idea of a Writing Center.'" THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 15 (1): 7-19.

Riley, Terrance. 1994. "The Unpromising Future of Writing Centers." THE WRITING CENTER JOURNAL 15 (1): 20-34.


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