Marine Institute Writing Resources Guide: Home
This is a collection of selected resources available on the intenet to help you write better. Some of them are freely available and some will require your Library UserID and PIN.
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E-Books on Technical Writing
e- Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology is a great place to start your research.
Internet resources for writing a paper
These selected links are for resources which are freely available on the internet. They are in the general order in which you would proceed when writing a paper.
- Understanding Essay Topics: A ChecklistThis link brings you to the University of Toronto’s “Understanding Essay Topics”
- Developing a Thesis Statement:This link brings you to Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab). This is an outstanding resource for help in writing with links to many very useful resources.
- Organizing Your Writing:University of Toronto’s “Organizing an Essay” should be quite useful
- Proof reading suggestionsIt’s not enough to use the grammar and spell check on your word processing software. You need to take the time to read through your paper for errors. Once again, Purdue OWL’s resources are very useful with these handy pages:
- Finding common errorsIt’s not enough to use the grammar and spell check on your word processing software. You need to take the time to read through your paper for errors. Once again, Purdue OWL’s resources are very useful with these handy pages
- Steps for revising your paperIt’s not enough to use the grammar and spell check on your word processing software. You need to take the time to read through your paper for errors. Once again, Purdue OWL’s resources are very useful with these handy pages
- How to avoid plagiarismPlagiarism is a very serious offence. It is defined in the Memorial University of Newfoundland’s calendar as “the act of presenting the ideas or works of another as one's own...The properly acknowledged use of sources is an accepted and important part of scholarship. Use of such material without acknowledgment is contrary to accepted norms of academic behaviour.” Memorial University's Writing Centre has a good webpage called "Avoiding Plagiarism"
- APA Citation StylesMemorial University’s Libraries have a useful website summarizing how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation style
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Citation management
Use a citation manager to store your citations and format your bibliographies.