Writing handouts
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Referencing and citations
- Plagiarism
- Integrating evidence into your essay
- 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
- CSE Style quick-guide (official CSE website, external)
- ACS Citation Style (Chemistry)
- SAA (Anthropology)
- IEEE manual
- American Sociological Association (ASA) - OWL Purdue Guide
- How to cite archival sources (UNBC Library)
Writing style
- Active and passive voice
- Articles (e.g. '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
Resumes and cover letters
The Career Centre has a number of resources:
Writing workshops
- Secrets of the lab: Lab report writing
- More workshop videos available on the writing tutoring shell! Self-enroll here: https://moodle.unbc.ca/course/view.php?id=6
