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Introduction to Public Speaking: Writing Assistance

Ref Works - Citation Management

RefWorks is an online research managment, writing, and collaboration tool designed to help researchers and students easily gather, organize, store and share all types of information and to instantly generate citations and bibliographies.

For more information on how to use and collaborate with RefWorks, please consult this RefWorks LibGuide.

Getting Started Tutorial

RefWorks Basics (YouTube)

OWL at Purdue University

Need helpful tips or suggestions with writing your research paper? Try OWL.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material. This material is free to users worldwide and users will find information to assist with many writing projects.

In the section for academic writing, OWL provides assistance in many areas including essay writingactive and passive voicesentence variety, and paragraphing. Also, provides helps with writer's blockestablishing argumentscreating a thesis statementdeveloping an outline, and proofreading.

UNC Writing Handouts

Need helpful tips or suggestions with writing your research paper? Try UNC.

The UNC Writing Center houses writing resources and instructional material. This material is free to users worldwide and users will find information to assist with many writing projects.

The UNCWC divides their website into four areas: writing a paper, citation style, specific writing, and writing in specific fields of study.

Some helpful areas: Forming an argument, thesis statements, paragraph development, fragments & run-ons, reorganizing drafts, revising drafts, and editing and proofreading.