Resources for academic writing

The University of North Carolina Writing Center offers one of the best collections of writing guides on the internet. On their Tips and Tools page you can find guides to the writing process and guides to language and style, as well as guides to genres of academic text and writing in different disciplines.

University of North Carolina Writing Center – Tips and Tools

The Thompson Writing Program at Duke University offers another excellent collection of writing guides covering similar aspects of university writing. All of its guides are provided as downloadable pdfs.

Duke University Thompson Writing Program – Writing Resources

Here are Links to comprehensive guides for common referencing systems in pdf format. We recommend downloading a guide for the system you are using and keeping a copy on your computer.

APA

APA referencing – University of Sheffield

Chicago

Chicago Citation Style QuickGuide – University of Alberta

Harvard

Harvard referencing – University of Sheffield

IEEE

Referencing guide – IEEE (pdf downloadable from the linked google doc)

MLA

Harvard guide to using sources: MLA – Harvard College

MLA Citation Style QuickGuide – University of Alberta

OSCOLA

OSCOLA fourth edition – University of Oxford

OSCOLA quick reference guide – University of Oxford

Oxford

Deakin guide to Oxford – Deakin University

Here are links to lists and databases with useful vocabulary for academic writing.

The Academic Phrasebank - the University of Manchester

Verbs for reporting – the University of Adelaide

Reporting verbs – Newcastle University

Transition signals – University of Technology Sydney

Coherence: linking words and phrases – RMIT university