Help with academic writing:

Writing & Citing: When, why, and how to use sources, cite correctly, distinguish your ideas from those of others, and avoid plagiarism.

Community of Practice:

Citing Sources

• Mount Library Citation Guide: APA
• Mount Library Citation Guide: MLA
• Mount Library Citation Guide: Chicago
• (OWL) Citation Guides

Preparing a literature review

• (GWU) Doing Successful Literature Reviews
• (UofT) A Few Tips on Conducting Literature Reviews

Developing a thesis statement

• (UofW) Developing a Thesis Statement
• (IU) How to Write a Thesis Statement
• (ESU) Developing a Research Thesis

Creating a structure

• (UNSW) Essay Writing Basics
• (HU) Strategies for Essay Writing
• (UofL) Organizing Your Paper Using Outlines

Improving sentence style

• (UofT) Advice on Essay Writing
• Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• The Elements of Style online
• (CSU) Writing Guides

Grammar – resources for sentence logic

• The Grammar Slammer

Links for ESL students

• Mount International Education Centre