Handouts
Referencing/Citations
- Plagiarism
- Plagiarism Worksheet
- Integrating Evidence into your Essay
- APA: How to Cite Something Found on a Website
- APA Style Blog: Citing Websites
- APA 7th Edition
- MLA 9th Edition
- MLA 9th Edition Handbook (external)
- Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
- Chicago Author-Date 17th Edition
- Chicago Notes and Bibliography 17th Edition
- CSE Style
- ACS Quick Guide
- SAA (Anthropology)
- IEEE Manual (IEEE.org website)
- ASA (American Sociological Association) - (OWL Purdue Guide)
- How to Cite Archival Sources (UNBC Library)
Style
- Active and Passive Voice
- Articles (words such as "a" "an" "the")
- Transitional Words and Phrases
- Prepositional Phrases
- Parallelism
- Five Rules for Using Commas
- Common Punctuation
- Basic Grammar
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Concise Writing
- Commonly Confused Words
- Common Writing and Sentence Structure Mistakes and How to Fix Them
- Common Writing Mistakes Worksheet
- Formal vs Informal Language
- The "Monster Paragraph" exercise, with potential revisions
Tips for Specific Writing Applications
- Abstracts
- Annotated Bibliographies
- Book Review
- Critical Review or Analysis of a Journal Article
- A Guide to Case Analysis
- Literature Review
- Reflective Writing
- Scientific Papers
- Scientific and Humanities papers
- Summarize, Paraphrase, or Quote
- Research Proposals
- Typing Shortcuts for Chemistry
- Writing in History
- Thesis Writing - Productivity Tips
The Composition Process
- Paper Structure - The Hourglass of Writing
- Assignment Planner
- Audience Analysis
- Audience Analysis Worksheet
- Concept Mapping
- Freewriting
- Paragraph Structure
- Paragraph-by-Paragraph Outlines
- Thesis Statements
- Essay Planning
- Editing Tips
- Revision and Editing Checklist
- Visual Essay Planner
- Circle Essay Planner Guide
- Circle Visual Essay Planner
Writing Workshops
Orientation to Academic Writing
Note: The end of the video lists our old location. We are now located on the first floor of the library.
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