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The Writing Center
STUDENT SUPPORT
In addition to our meetings with students to help them with writing, we have compiled a list of helpful links and resources to help you with all kinds of writing – from how to choose and narrow down your topic, how to write a research question, how to format papers in MLA or APA, to tips on resume building or structuring a solid essay. Check the links below and feel free to email us at writingcenter@stedwards.edu for questions.
Your one-stop link for anything support related – here’s where to get in touch with academic advisors, success coaches, or career coaches, as well as the disabilities office, information on study abroad programs and support for international students.
THE LIBRARY
The library is located near Fleck Hall, is open daily, and is staffed with librarians who are information and research experts, ready to assist you with finding materials and sources. See below for links to specific resources and/or contact the library at library@stedwards.edu.
New to the library? Click the link to get the fast facts about all of the ways our library and librarians can assist you or to schedule and in person or virtual session with a librarian.
Munday Library Research Guides This link will take you to a page where you can click on up to 17 different types of research guides through our library.
WRITING HELP - in alphabetical order since there is so much!
Academic Proposals:
Gradhacker: Writing the Academic Conference Proposal
Annotated Bibliographies:
What is an Annotated Bibliography?
Cornell: How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
Business Writing::
Inc.: How to Write Strong Subject Lines That Will Get Your Emails Read
5 Writing Rules That Separate the Amateurs from the Professionals
Choosing and Narrowing a Topic:
Citations
Conclusions:
Harvard College: Ending the Essay: Conclusions
Editing:
The New Yorker: "Writing by Omission"
My Little Bag of Writing Tricks
Formatting:
APA
Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS) for APA
MLA
Samples of 9th edition MLA papers with Works Cited pages
Chicago Style
How to format a block quote (long quote) in Chicago
CSE
Graduate School Application:
Grammar and Mechanics:
Master the Comma with Three Basic Rules
Should I Use an Exclamation Point?
Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences
Job Search and Professional Writing:
5 Writing Rules That Separate the Amateurs from the Professionals
Purdue OWL: Writing the Personal Statement
Writing Personal Statements Online (e-book)
Keywords:
Legal Writing:
10 Legal Writing Tips From Bryan Garner
Literature and the Arts Writing:
Purdue OWL: Writing in Literature
Purdue OWL: Writing in Art History
Twenty Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start to Write About a Performance
Literature Reviews:
https://www.scribbr.com/dissertation/literature-review/
Sample Lit Reviews from Florida A&M
Scribbr Google Slides on Lit. reviews
Multilingual Students:
Grammar Notes-Frankfurt International School
Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary
ESL Student Resources-Purdue OWL
"In the Loop: a Reference Guide to American English Idioms"
Paragraphs:
Plagiarism:
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Proofreading:
Psych and Counseling Writing::
Purdue OWL: Writing in Psychology Overview
Psychology in Action: How to Write a Lit Review
Purdue OWL Main Page:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html
Research
Research questions:
https://www.scribbr.com/research-process/research-question-examples/
Creating a Research Space (CARS): https://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/CARS
Revising
Science Writing:
Duke Graduate School: Scientific Writing
The Guardian: How to avoid common mistakes in science writing
Sources:
Harvard Guide to Using Sources
Scholarly vs. Non-Scholarly Sources
SQ3R Method for Efficient Reading
Google Slides on Integrating Evidence
Special Writing:
Abstracts:
https://www.stedwards.edu/source/how-write-abstracts
https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/assignments/writing-an-abstract-for-your-research-paper/
This talks about what belongs in an APA abstract:
https://www.verywell.com/how-to-write-an-abstract-2794845
How-To(sday): How to Write a Paper or Conference Proposal Abstract
Purdue OWL: Writing Academic Proposals: Conferences, Articles, and Books
Thesis:
Top Twenty Errors in Undergraduate Writing:
Voice, Usage, and Style:
Writer’s Block and other Problems:
YouTube: Instant Writer's Block Cure