<![CDATA[The Ally Advantage ]]> https://libguides.lbc.edu/ally The Ally Advantage: Where support meets strategy—and students thrive!

The Ally Center is Lancaster Bible College’s hub for innovative academic services, resources, and accessibility by which each student can expand his or her potential for servant-ministry leadership. This Ally Center podcast focuses on building confidence, clarity, and skills online students can use.

Click here to schedule an appointment with our Ally Center staff. We provide expert, compassionate one-on-one appointments, study group sessions, and workshops on a variety of topics.

To view our library of previous workshops, check out our YouTube page.

Don't forget to explore our wealth of resources:

  • Academic Mentoring (study skills, productivity, time management, self-care, and more!)

  • Academic Reading and Writing (research, pre-writing, drafting, revision, editing, citing, and more!)

  • ESL Services (language resources and translation, technology support, listening and speaking, reading and writing, culture adjustment, and more!)

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]]> RSS.com 2026.701.120359 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 09:02:21 GMT en ccefe91c-e770-52d5-9716-10cd7f847115 https://media.rss.com/the-ally-advantage/podcast_cover_20260626_070639_a855fcaed35fa962ae5ec872c393bddb.png The Ally Advantage https://libguides.lbc.edu/ally no Mariah Burkert 2026 Mariah Burkert Mariah Burkert false episodic podcast Lancaster Bible College, 901, Eden Road, Roseville, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 17601, USA Lancaster Bible College, 901, Eden Road, Roseville, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 17601, USA false <![CDATA[Workshop Re-Release: The Works Cited Page: Because "I Googled It" Isn't a Source]]> For our first re-released workshop, this was a workshop on MLA formatting and Works Cited pages led by Mariah Burkert Mariah explained the importance of using Works Cited pages for academic integrity, standardizing formats, and lending credibility to writing, then demonstrated how to set up MLA formatted papers and create entries for different source types including scholarly journal articles, websites, books, and YouTube videos. She covered specific formatting rules such as using hanging indents, proper author name ordering, and the difference between italicized and quoted titles. Mariah emphasized that while citation generators can be helpful, students should learn the basic formats to ensure accuracy and speed up the process.

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