Academic Writing

Resources from Purdue University

The following titles are specially relevant to writing in an academic style, brought to you by the On-line Writing Lab of Purdue University.Click here if you want to see a complete listing of Purdue U’s handouts by topic.

• Developing an Outline
• Evaluating Sources of Information
• Paraphrasing: exercise and answer key
• Plagiarism
• Using Statistics
• Writing Research Papers: A Step-by-Step List

Citing Sources

• Citing electronic sources – from the official site of MLA
  A very clear style sheet from MLA. The sections What is MLA Style and Frequently Asked Questions are also quite useful.