Help with academic writing:
Preparing a literature review
Developing a thesis statement
- (SBCC) Developing a Thesis Statement
- (IU) How to Write a Thesis Statement
- (IRSC) Creating a Thesis for a Research Paper (includes examples)
Creating a structure
- (UNSW), Essay Writing Basics (PDF)
- (UW) Academic Essay Writing
- (UofN) Essays: Organization
- (BYU) Organization
Improving sentence style
- (UofT) Advice on Academic Writing
- Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- The Elements of Style online
- (CSU) Writing Guides
Citing Sources
- Mount Library citation guides: APA (pdf), MLA (pdf), Chicago (pdf), all three with introduction (pdf)
- APA Online’s Guide to Citing Electronic Sources
Grammar – resources for sentence logic
Links for ESL students
- OWL (Purdue University) ESL Resources
- Mount International Education Centre