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Academic writing

How to Summarize

Summarizing is the process of condensing a longer piece of text into a shorter version while retaining its essential meaning and main points. This Resource Page will help you create concise and coherent summaries and understand how to use summarization in your research and academic writing.

What is an Annotated Bibliography? 

An annotated bibliography is a foundational tool to help develop a research project or an assignment. In this Resource Page, you will learn the components of annotated bibliographies and their use in academic writing.

How to Find Sources for Assignments

This Resource Page is a roadmap designed to guide you as you search for sources for your assignments. Our goal is to assist you in locating the most appropriate sources in the most efficient way.

How to Prepare a Literature Review

This Resource Page shows the different stages of literature review preparation and presents resources to support you at each stage.

How to Select Assignment Topics

Your course instructors might ask you to write a paper and they will often require you to choose your own assignment topic. This Resource Page will show you effective strategies for selecting a topic.

What is a Literature Review?

You often need to do literature review assignments in your courses. This Resource Page will introduce you to literature reviews, their goals and different types.

Types of Paragraphs

This Resource Page will help you identify and write different types of paragraphs.

What are Paragraphs?

A paragraph is a series of related sentences developing a central idea. In this Resource Page, you will learn the main elements of a paragraph.

How to Paraphrase

Paraphrasing is a fundamental skill in academic writing to express others’ ideas while maintaining originality and ensuring ethical writing practices. This Resource Page will help you understand what paraphrasing means and how to effectively paraphrase.

Citations and APA Style

When writing an academic paper, you often need to refer to other people’s research to support your own arguments and ideas. This Resource Page will help you learn what citations, reference lists, and APA style are and how to use them.