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Writing Resources
Academic and Professional Writing
Offers resources in 5 categories:
- Academic and Professional Writing
- Writing Process and Structure
- Improving Your Writing Style
- Grammar and Punctuation
- Cite References in Your Paper
Explains the parts of a lab assignment, including why each part is important, as well as an example of what the section may look like.
Explains how to write a lab report, and provides examples of each section at various levels of writing with explanations on why one is more skilled than another.
Short episodes overviewing the different sections of a scientific paper.
Examples of ways to increase clarity and understanding of dense scientific information or statistics.
Provides a strong demonstration and explanation of how to write an abstract and a bit of background into how they are useful and what kinds of things they should include.
Goes through the development of a strong title, the abstract, the introduction, the methods, results, and discussion, with explanations of their importance, a few tips for success, and things to avoid.
Overview of the goals of science communication and how to apply them to various forms, including writing, speaking, and social media.
Writing Process and Structure
Provides information on how to implement a variety of introductions into a paper dependent on the goal of the piece, along with sample introductions that can be used as a basis for structure and transition, with a special focus on legal, engineering, and history writing styles.
Describes the importance of a strong conclusion while offering examples and techniques that can be used to plan and develop a strong conclusion segment.
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Yale鈥檚 5 part guide on the softer aspects of the writing process.
Ethical Acknowledgements
This guide offers pointers on how to handle ethical acknowledgements in academic and professional writing.
APA Formatting and Citations
This site provides an overview on in-text citations, formatting reference lists and APA stylistics.
This site provides example papers and more resources for APA citations.
This site offers examples and resources for legal citations.
Resumes and Cover Letters
AI Guides and Resources
Compiles sources such as Britannica, Duke, Yale, UAlbany, The LibrAIry, Science Magazine and Nature in order to convey what AI is, what its capabilities are, how to evaluate the tools and collate ongoing discussions surrounding AI in academia.
This source discusses AI biases and how to ensure you avoid including this bias in academic work