{"id":1042,"date":"2022-08-18T11:45:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T16:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/?page_id=1042"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:01:05","slug":"ntc-writing-research-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/faculty-resources\/ntc-writing-research-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC Writing &amp; Research Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NTC Writing &amp; Research Resources<\/h2>\n<p class=\"intro\">Select links below to find resources, or contact Paula for more.<\/p>\n<h3>Tutoring Assistance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>NTC Writing Assistance &ndash; Melissa Heglund, Student Success Center (218) 333-6655.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/services\/wrc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Writing Resource Center &ndash; BSU<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bemidji.mywconline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">BSU Online Writing Resource Center &ndash; web scheduling<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>IT Assistance and Learning Services<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/offices\/its\/software\/\">Software setup from NTCs ITS &ndash; Get Office 365<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/services.bemidjistate.edu\/TDClient\/84\/Portal\/KB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Check NTCs Information Technology Services resources<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Writing Styles &ndash; APA and MLA Resources<\/h3>\n<p>The Student Success Center Director and the Librarian have desk copies of <em>The Little Seagull Handbook<\/em> which provides more examples and guides to APA and MLA writing styles. Feel free to reach out to <a href=\"\/\/paula.demars@ntcmn.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Librarian Paula DeMars<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> (Room 307) for help in formatting your research or citing sources.<\/p>\n<h3>Copyright and Plagiarism<\/h3>\n<p>Copyright and Plagiarism are important legal statements ensuring the rights of any creator of original works. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities provides a list of generalized Copyright Guidelines and a basic analysis tool for evaluating &ldquo;fair use&rdquo; of Copyright materials in education: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/system\/asa\/academicaffairs\/policy\/copyright\/guidelines.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Copyright Guidelines from Minnesota State,<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/system\/asa\/academicaffairs\/policy\/copyright\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Copyright Resources<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/board\/policy\/326.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota State Board Policy 3.26 Intellectual Property<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnstate.edu\/board\/policy\/327.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Minnesota State Board Policy 3.27 Copyrights<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Creative Commons Licensing<\/h4>\n<p>Anything written, demonstrated, sung, played, acted, etc. is covered under the strict <strong>copyright laws<\/strong> of the U.S. Government. This includes ANYTHING on the internet. A <strong>Creative Commons License<\/strong> provides individuals or groups rights to share their original works, such as handbooks, workbooks for students and other engagements, providing multiple levels of extending permitted use of the original work while retaining copyright as the originator. <strong>Plagiarism<\/strong> is when ANYONE uses the work of another individual or group, even in paraphrasing a sentence, that is under copyright.<\/p>\n<p>To permit students to use a workbook that you have created for them, you must provide students with the LICENSE to use the information. This is where it becomes helpful to use a Creative Commons License. Librarian Paula DeMars is certified in Creative Commons licensing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/circs\/circ01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Copyright Basics <i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>&ndash; from the U.S. Copyright Office<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plagiarism.org\/article\/what-is-plagiarism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">What is Plagiarism? <i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a>&ndash; You need to know!!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other unrestricted, free or otherwise online resources that are not reviewed by NTC staff<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.harvard.edu\/registration-admissions\/for-students\/support-and-services\/free-online-prep-tool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Harvard Online Writing Resources for Students<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/research_and_citation\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Purdue Online Writing Lab with Links to Citation Styles<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Grammerly: Free Online Writing Assistant<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/content.elibrarymn.org\/login?qurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.learningexpresshub.com%2fcomputer-skills-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LearningExpress Computer Skills Center<i title=\"External link\" class=\"bsu-icon bsu-icon-external-link small ms-1\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NTC Writing &amp; Research Resources Select links below to find resources, or contact Paula for more. Tutoring Assistance NTC Writing Assistance &ndash; Melissa Heglund, Student Success Center (218) 333-6655. Writing Resource Center &ndash; BSU BSU Online Writing Resource Center &ndash; web scheduling IT Assistance and Learning Services Software setup from NTCs ITS &ndash; Get Office [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":99,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1042","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1042"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1042\/revisions\/1832"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ntcmn.edu\/myntc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}