Writing Resources
Writing Support Resources
This page offers a collection of self-serve resources designed to help you strengthen your academic writing skills. Explore practical handouts and videos on topics like using sources, writing for different assignment types, and revising your work.
Writing Strategies
This section features handouts focused on strategies to support your overall writing process and style. A strong process can help you effectively navigate the complexities of your various assignments, while an effective writing style enables your to express your ideas communicate ideas clearly and confidently withing your discipline.
Writing for Different Assignment Types
This section contains handouts related to different types of writing assignments. Understanding different assignment types helps you adapt your approach, structure, to different assignment goals and expectations.
Using Sources
This section contains resources designed to help you use source materials effectively in your written assignments. Strong integration of source material strengthens your arguments by engaging with scholarship in your field and demonstrates academic integrity principles.
- MLA (8th Ed.): Citation style typically used in English and Film
- MLA (9th Ed.): Citation style typically used in English and Film
- APA (6th Ed.): Citation style typically used in Education, Communication, Business and Nursing
- APA (7th Ed.): Citation style typically used in Education, Communication, Business and Nursing
- Chicago: Citation style typically used in History
- CSE: Citation style typically used in the Sciences
- NEW Updated CSE: Citation style typically used in the Sciences
- IEEE: Citation style typically used in Engineering
- Vancouver: Citation style typically used in Biomedical Sciences
Revision and Editing
This section contains resources to support your revision and editing. Strong grammar and structure make your writing more persuasive by ensuring clarity and concision, and effective editing strategies help you catch errors, clarify your ideas, and improve the overall quality of your writing.
Scholarships and Applications
This section contains resources for writing applications and proposals for funding and program opportunities.
Effective strategies for applications and proposals help you demonstrate how you meet application criteria, present your achievements and goals, and tailor your proposals to specific audiences.