Writing & Research

The Center for Writing provides a fill in the blank hand out on the structure of writing an essay.

Essay Punch takes users through the process of writing an essay. From pre-set writing prompts users learn to develop an idea and write their descriptive, informative and persuasive essays. The site provides online interactive exercises that guide users step by step through pre-writing, writing, organizing, editing, rewriting, and publishing.

This website goes into detail on how to start an academic essay

The Owl at Purdue offers tips on writing academic papers and common writing assignments as well as tips on the writing process and the mechanics of writing a paper.

This handout talks about Thesis Statements and how to construct one

APA's Publication Manual, 7th Edition, provide complete style guideline and should be consulted first in all matters concerning APA style, but these FAQs will help clarify frequent areas of confusion.