Writing Resources
Citation Styles
- MLA Style 8th Edition
- APA Style 6th & 7th Editions
- Chicago (CMS) / Turabian 17th Edition
- Chicago (CMS) / Turabian 16th Edition
- Council of Science Editors (CSE) Style 8th Edition
- APSA Style
- Harvard Style
Specific Writing Assignments
- Literature Review
- Scientific Report
- Rhetorical Modes
- Comparing and Contrasting
- Argument
- Cause and Effect
- Exploratory
- Annotated Bibliographies
- Book Reviews
- Conference Papers
- Research Papers
- Literary Analysis
- Proposals
- Blogs
Avoiding Plagiarism
Avoiding Plagiarism
Source Credibility: How to Select the Best Sources
Source Integration
Integrating Secondary Sources (Table)
Writing the Paper
- College Writing (provided by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Brainstorming
- Outlines
- Introductions
- Thesis Statement
- Paragraphs
- Conclusions
- Transitions
- Group Writing
- Revising
- Editing
- Rules Regarding the Use of Numerals in APA and MLA Styles
- Proofreading (provided by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Editing and Proofreading (provided by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Editing Checklist (provided by George Mason University)
- How to Edit Your Own Essay: Strategies for Multilingual Writers (provided by George Mason University)
- Organizing
Grammar, Sentence Level Concerns, and Style
- Punctuation
- Fragments and Run-ons
- Articles
- Modal Verbs
- Sentence Patterns
- Pronouns
Caring about Writing
Why Writing Matters to Medicine and Life Sciences
Communicating with Your Professor (Texting and e-mail)
Understanding Research and Readings
Research Overview Handout
Defining a Research Question
Developing a Research Question
Strategies for Narrowing a Research Question
Developing a Research Outline
Collier Library Databases
Comparing the Annotated Bibliography to the Literature Review
Evidence-Based Practice