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Academic Writing Resources & Templates
English as an Additional Language (EAL) specific resources
Plagiarism, academic Integrity, and paraphrasing
- Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
- What is Plagiarism? (Video)
- Types of Plagiarism (Video)
- Note-taking and Writing Tips to Avoid Accidental Plagiarism (Video)
- From Passage to Paraphrase (Video)
- Paraphrasing and Summarizing
- 4 Paraphrasing Don’ts (Video)
- Have I accidentally plagiarized? How to Use Turnitin to Check for Plagiarism (Video)
- 4 Ways To Check Your Paper for Plagiarism (Video)
Research papers
- Four Steps to Narrow Your Research Topic (Video)
- Developing a Research Question + Worksheet
- Are You Including Enough of Your Own Words? (Video)
Thesis statements
- Templates for Writing Thesis Statements
- 5 Questions to Strengthen Your Thesis Statement
- 5 Types of Thesis Statements
Types of papers and writing genres
- Annotated Bibliography
- Blog Post
- Book Review
- Close Reading
- Critical Review
- Critical Review of a Scientific Journal Article
- Lab Reports or Research Reports
- Literature Review
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Online Discussion
- Précis
- University Essay
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Writing in the disciplines
Other useful stuff
- What is Critical Reflection? Introducing the "What, So What, Now What" Model (Video)
- How to Integrate Critical Voice into Your Literature Review (Video)
- How to Give Awesome Feedback (Video)
- 10 Tips for Emailing Your Professor