GENERAL WRITING GUIDES
To find
general guides to writing academic research papers, search our Library Catalog,
using a search strategy such as:
(report$ or academic) and writing and (handbook$ or manual$)
Below
are some example titles. Search for them by title in the Library Catalog
to find their locations and availability:
The
Norton Field Guide to Writing
Writing
Research Papers: A Complete Guide
The
Essential Guide: Research Writing Across the Disciplines
Writing
the Research Paper: A Handbook
The
A
Writer's Reference
SUBJECT-SPECIFIC WRITING GUIDES
To find
writing guides for specific disciplines, search our Library Catalog using
search strategies such as:
- (report$ or authorship or writing or research) and
handbook$ and sociology
- (report$ or authorship or writing or research) and
handbook$ and historiography
- 'legal composition'
- law -
Here are some example
titles:
A Short Guide to Writing about
Literature
The Sociology Student Writer's
Manual
Writing in Political Science: A
Practical Guide
A Handbook for Preparing Graduate
Papers in Music
The History Student Writer's Manual
A Field Guide for Science Writers
Handbook of Technical Writing
Strategic Legal Writing
USAGE GUIDES
Electronic books (selected
examples). Look up these titles in the Library Catalog and
click on the “electronic access” link to view the full text:
The
Pocket
Fowler's modern English usage
The A
to Z of correct English
Elements
of style
The American
Heritage guide to contemporary usage and style
Printed books (selected examples).
These are all shelved in Swem Library’s
Reference Collection, but others are available in the stacks at similar call
numbers.
The
elements of style (Strunk and White)
Ref PE1408
.S772
The
American Heritage guide to contemporary usage and style
Ref PE1464
.A46
Common
errors in English usage
Ref PE1464
.B75
The
Ref PE1464
.P47
Garner's
modern American usage
Ref PE2827 .G37
- BARTLEBY.COM Several online usage guides are available at this website, but note that these are often early editions (no longer in copyright), such as the 1918 edition of Strunk's The Elements of Style.
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Z1001 .H33 2000
Harner, James L. On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography. 2nd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2000.
Copies available at Swem Library's Circulation/Reserves Desk and in the Swem Library Stacks (3rd floor).
Note: look for similar titles under the subject heading "bibliography--methodology."
ONLINE SOURCES:
- Annotated bibliographies - Purdue University's guide Great information from the OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University.
- Annotated bibliographies -- UNC-Chapel Hill's guide Very good overview of all the aspects of annotated bibliographies, with examples.
- MLA-style and APA-style Annotated Bibliographies - Cornell's guide Cornell University's webpage about how to write and format an annotated bibliography.
- MLA-style Annotated Bibliography - Lesley University's guide Lesley University's guide to MLA-style annotated bibliographies.
- APA-style Annotated Bibliography - Lesley University's guide Lesley University's guide to an APA-style annotated bibliography.
PLAGIARISM
Avoiding Plagiarism
- Swem Library's "How to Avoid Plagiarism" webpage
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