{"id":1390,"date":"2021-04-18T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T12:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-styleguide\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1390"},"modified":"2025-11-21T10:50:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:50:32","slug":"excelsior-owl-is-our-preferred-online-writing-lab","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-styleguide\/chapter\/excelsior-owl-is-our-preferred-online-writing-lab\/","title":{"raw":"Excelsior OWL is a Preferred Online Writing Lab","rendered":"Excelsior OWL is a Preferred Online Writing Lab"},"content":{"raw":"Recent changes at popular writing labs such as <em>Purdue OWL<\/em> (pop ups, ads, lack of accurate examples) mean that it can be difficult to get good models for writing, grammar, usage, critical thinking, or research.\u00a0 The <em>Excelsior OWL<\/em> site is a preferred site at Jefferson.\u00a0 While it is not perfect (as the paraphrase section reflects), 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href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/\">Excelsior OWL: https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/<\/a><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1391 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2526\/2021\/04\/18121827\/Screenshot_2021-04-18-Excelsior-OWL-the-Excelsior-College-Online-Writing-Lab-260x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1390\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Excelsior OWL is our Preferred Online Writing Lab. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Excelsior College (SUNY). <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Excelsior College (SUNY). <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" 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