While it is recommended that students prepare their own work, it may be necessary for a student to contract an outside source for aid in the word processing, editing, or proofreading of their document. Although a student may utilize a service provider, he or she is still responsible for following the guidelines set forth in the Format Manual and the selected style guide. The Format Manual is published by the Graduate College and is available at the main lobby in Wilson Hall at the ASU Tempe campus or online at graduate.asu.edu/formatmanual.html.

Students should use caution when selecting a service provider and thoroughly discuss the type of work they wish to contract. Service providers should give a written estimate of the total costs and all prices should be negotiated before any work is done. The service provider should be familiar with current Format Manual requirements and the most recent version of the selected style guide. As such, another student's thesis or dissertation is not an acceptable style guide. A checklist (ServiceProviderChecklist.doc ) has been prepared that details many of the questions that a student may want to ask a potential service provider before signing a contract for services.

Format advisors from the Graduate College are available to assist students with the standards set forth in the Format Manual, but are unable to provide software advisement. The Format Advising Office can be reached at (480) 965-5996 or gradformat@asu.edu.

The following is a list of service providers who have requested that their names be made available to students. Note: The Graduate College DOES NOT endorse any outside service provider but provides this list as a convenience for students.

DOCUMENT PRODUCTION SERVICE PROVIDERS (as of July 6, 2009)

Services	Name	Phone #	Email/Web
E,T	Anderson, Heather Knox	(602) 451-2073	HKNOX@PHXCHILDRENS.COM
T,E,P,S	Bradley, Kay	(602) 992-9009	Kay647@home.com
D,E,P,S,SG,T	Caron, MarLene	(623) 972-1667	mdcaron@msn.com
D,E,P,S,T	Chilton, Leslie Ph.D	(480) 459-6450	Les_chilton@hotmail.com
D, E, ESL, P, S, SG, T	Cooper, Allene	(480) 276-0290	allene.cooper@asu.edu www.alleneswritingediting.wordpress.com
E,P,S	Creaser, Wanda		w.creaser@asu.edu
E,P,S	Cunningham, Al	(615) 554-1449	Please call first.
D,E,ESL,G,P,S,SG	Edit-Now		Edit-Now@earthlink.net
T,SG,P	Everhart, Jan	(480) 752-0632	jkever@cox.net
E,P,S,SG	Fisher, Debra	(623) 879-6905	castlebridge@cox.net
D,E,P,S,SG	Goldberg, Laurie	(970) 667-2884	laurie.goldberg@gmail.com
E	Hardesty, Ray E.		www.rayhardestyediting.com rhardesty2@earthlink.net
E,G,P,S,SG,T	Herrschaft, Tom	(602) 885-3232 (602) 375-2441	thomash@cox.net
D,E,P,S,SG,T	Hicks, Sunny		sthicks@otelco.net
E,D,T	Landmark Associates, Inc.	(480) 922-1105 (480) 772-7342	abarton@laitranscription.com www.laitranscription.com
D,E,G,P,S,T	Larson, Audrey	(480) 917-0400	vikinglarson@aol.com
D,E,ESL,P,S,SG,T	La Tempa, Carl	(602)558-3281	clatempa@gmail.com
P,T	Lawrence, Emily	(480) 649-6457	abby_cali@yahoo.com
E,P,S,T	Thompson Lefkowitz, Pamela	(480) 317-9412	pamela.thompson2@asu.edu
E,P,S	Levin, Dave	(828) 644-0250	bumpkin@dnet.net
E	Mallory, Vanessa	(480) 829-9471	vanessamallory@earthlink.net
E,P,S,T	McKinley, Lynne	(480) 897-6658	lynnemckinley@cox.net
E,FLT,P,S,T	McNulty, Candace	(928) 899-5467 (928) 777-8587	cb_mcnulty@yahoo.com
E,P,S,SG	Melser, Terry	(480) 917-9012	TAMWorks@melser.net
E,P,S,SG	Michaud, Jennifer		refinnej89@hotmail.com
E,P,T	Miller, Charity	(602) 570-4998	charitycmiller@hotmail.com
D,E,P,S	Mitchell, Edward	(480) 288-9569 (815) 739-1651	nomad8591@juno.com
D,E,ESL,P,G,S,SG,T	Moreno, Jerryll	(480) 540-7637	jlmoreno@qwest.net jlmoreno@whenclaritycounts.com
D,E,P,T	Okungu, Emily	(480) 967-0859	e_okungu@hotmail.com
D,E,ESL,P,S,SG, T	Schlafer, Julie		julieschlafer@yahoo.com
D,E,ESL,G,P,S,SG	Silkweb Consulting & Development LLC	(623) 465-5956 (602) 315-7429	info@silkwebconsulting.com www.silkwebconsulting.com
E,P	Smith, Elizabeth The Editress, L.L.C.	(602) 502-0250	http://www.theeditress.com
E,P,S	Stanton, Mary Ann	(602) 973-5663	none
E,ESL,P,S,SG,T	Swann, Jennifer	(256) 654-7508	http://www.docproplus.com/ ("DocPro+")
D,E,G,P,S,SG,T	Swanson, Jodi		jodi.swanson@asu.edu
D,SG,T	Thompson, Barbara	(602) 859-4647	mailto:bltbeachbum@cox.net
T	Townsend, Maureen	(602) 955-0969	mtowns2@cox.net
T	Trickle, Val	(480) 949-0150	none
T	Twillman, Peribeth	(480) 890-5726	none
E, ESL, FLT, P, T	Vandendriessche, Lee	(480) 544- 7568	editing4asu@yahoo.com
D,E,ESL,P,G,S	Weeg-Aerssens, Els	(513) 821-0518	eweeg@cinci.rr.com
E,P,T	Zisner, Cindy	(480) 892-3965 (480) 965-2490	Cindy.Zisner@asu.edu
Service Codes: D = Dissertation specialist E = Editing ESL = English as a second language specialist FLT = Foreign language typing G = Graphics P = Proofreading S = Style/writing assistance SG = Style guide specialist T = Typing/word processing

Note: If you would like to be added to this list, please email us with your contact information and appropriate service codes (listed above). You must be knowledgeable of and follow the format requirements prescribed by the Format Manual and your client's chosen style guide. The Graduate College' format advisors work directly with students and do not provide style guide or technical assistance to service providers.

The service provider list is maintained as a convenience for students and is not an advertising service; therefore, the Graduate College reserves the right to edit or delete the service provider list without notice. If you would like to be removed from the list or need to make changes to your information, please email us at gradformat@asu.edu.