Omar Seddiqui Research Library: Academic Writing : All-Purpose Resources

All-Purpose Resources

Purdue Online Writing Lab
The Online Writing Lab through Purdue University contains many resources for writers at all skill levels. The "General Writing" drop-down menu contains various links on grammar, academic writing, punctuation, and more.

Capella University: Grammar Handbook
A concise and in-depth discussion concerning parts of speech, sentence construction, language and word choice.
Capella University: The Writing Process
Helpful for undergraduates and graduates to understand the recursive nature of writing and the characteristics associated with academic writing.

Developing a Thesis
The Writing Center from Harvard provides examples of possible thesis statements.
Reverse Outlines: A Writer’s Technique for Examining Organization
Many writers use a reverse outline to check their work. Reverse outlining is a process whereby you take away all of the supporting writing and are left with a paper’s main points or main ideas, sometimes represented by your paper’s topic sentences. Your reverse outline provides a bullet-point view of your paper’s structure because you are looking at the main points of the paper you wrote.
What is Academic Writing? (and Other Burning Questions About It)
A blog post from Zhihui Fang on academic writing and why it's an essential skill.
APA Style for beginners
This provides a concise overview of APA Style as well as reading and writing resources.
Citation Visualization Tools
Explore these data visualization tools to find the best one to meet your needs. All are freely available through the PAU library or through an open-source platform.