Student Resources

Writing Process 
Research/Citations 
  • The Big Three: Citation Differences 
  • Chicago 
  • MLA 9th 
  • APA 
  • What is a literature review? 
  • Citing Long Quotes and Sections of Poetry 
  • Annotated Bibliography 
  • Using Quotations 
Revising 
  • Formatting Guidelines 
  • Strong Sentence Checklist 
  • Twelve Ways to Improve Your Style in Academic Writing 
  • What Professors Look For 
  • Reverse Outlines 
  • 23 Ways to Improve Your Draft 
  • Editing? Proofreading? 2 Separate Stages 
  • Strategies for Variation in Sentence Structure 
Style & Grammar 
  • Twelve Ways to Improve Your Style in Academic Writing 
  • How To Be A Better Writer: 6 Tips from Harvard’s Steven Pinker 
  • Use the Active Voice 
  • Fragments and Run-ons 
Punctuation 
  • Quick Guide: Punctuation 
  • Quotations & Punctuation 
  • 10 Ways to Use Commas 
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