Academic Writing

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Articles

Avoiding Sexist Language, by Linda Elizabeth Alexander 

Some Examples of Copyright and How It Works, by Richard Lowe, Jr.

How To Make Your (Home) Office Reflect You, by Maria Marsala, Business & Life Coach-Consultant

Is It Plagiarism or Copyright Violation? by Susan Dunn, MA. 

Book Publishers

Online Article:  Choosing a Publisher, by Gordon Crump

• Aspen
• Blackwell
• Health Professions Press
• Macmillan Publishers
• McGraw-Hill
• NurseCom
• Prentice Hall
• Slack, Inc.
• Springer
• Springnet
• W.B. Saunders
• Wiley

Essential Nursing References - From the National League for Nursing

List of Nursing Journal Editors

Speaking/Presenting

• Presentations.com - Suggestions from experienced speakers and coaches on speech anxiety and other topics

• Toastmasters International - Premier organization to help you communicate effectively

Style Guides

American Psychological Association Cheat Sheets

• About.com's Psychology page - Hints on using APA format

• Psychweb's APA page - Links to APA outlines

• APA Style Essentials - From Vanguard University of Southern California, Degelman & Harris; based on the 5th Edition, 2001

• APA's advice on writing about disability

• APA's advice on sexuality

• APA's advice on writing about race and ethnicity

Online Style

• American Psychological Association  Electronic Reference Format 

• The Columbia University Guide to Online Style

• University of Iowa's web citations page 

Chicago Style

• Chicago Manual of Style FAQs, from the University of Chicago

Other Style Guides

• AMA citation guidelines

• Duke University's comparison of style guides

• A Handful of New Style and Usage Guides - Brief synopses of the Associated Press style manual, the World Almanac Guide to Good Word Usage, and the Gregg Reference Manual

Writing Help

The websites below contain advice, hints, and resources on the web will help you write those articles you are expected to write...

• Academic Writing Online Journal - From the WAC Clearinghouse

• Advice on Academic Writing - From the University of Toronto

• AllExperts.com - ask volunteer experts a question; find by topic

• Arts & Letters Daily - An interesting literary website (news, reviews, language, philosophy, etc.) that might spark some research ideas.

• Essay writing - From Kathy Livingston

• Graduate Research in Nursing Online Journal 

• A guide for research and writing from Youngstown State University

• Need ideas and assistance with research papers?

• Making arguments - A guide on academic writing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

• Suite 101's page on academic writing - This site is no longer maintained but it does contain some interesting and helpful links.

• University of Wisconsin-Madison links on academic writing - This site, from the UWM Writing Center, contains several handouts with references for writing at all levels, from undergraduate to doctoral.

• University of Toronto links on academic writing - Maintained by Dr. Margaret Procter, the coordinator of the Writing Support office at the University of Toronto.

• The Writing Center at Colorado State University - An extensive site on writing for students and faculty

• The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Try our Writing Tools page for help with grammar, punctuation, and spelling resources.

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