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The Writing Process

• Brainstorming Topics
  • Creative brainstorming ideas (Gerber, Lafferty 2010)
  • Free writing exercise to generate research ideas (Next Steps Workshop 2009)
  • How do I approach faculty for help to find a topic? (B. Zakarin 2011)
  • How do I know if my thesis idea is viable? (B. Zakarin 2011)
• Doing Research
  • Research Questions
    • Advice about getting started in research (Streitwieser 2009)
    • Handout to Help Frame Research Questions (doc)
    • Identifying an International and Area Studies (IAS) research problem (G. Ruffer 2009)
  • Finding Books and Articles
    • Evaluating research sources for credibility
    • How do I sift through all of the scholarship on my topic? (B. Zakarin 2010)
    • Local Library Collections (for Humanities research) (B. Zakarin 2010)
    • Why don't my NUcat searches yield many results? (B. Zakarin 2010)
  • Scientific Research
    • Finding a lab in Life Sciences (Pinto 2010)
    • Getting IRB approval for your research
  • Global Health Research
    • Exploring options for research
    • faqs-for-research-options-in-global-health
    • FAQ for Researching in the Field (J. Scheineson)
    • Researching in the Field
    • Where Can I Research Current Global Health Issues? (M. Schmitt)
• Organizing Ideas
  • What can I do to organize all of my ideas? (History thesis writing advice) (B. Zakarin 2011)
• Revising and Editing
  • Common grammar problems (J. Herrick 2009)
  • Semicolons.doc
  • Punctuation of quotations.doc
• Style Guides (APA, MLA, etc.)
  • APA in-text citations (examples) (Logan) (doc)
  • APA documentation advice (Logan) (doc)
  • APA Style & Citation Guide for Psych Reports (Psychology Writing Center 2004)
  • APA Style Guidelines for a Lab Report (J. Kennedy)
  • Footnotes - in Art History (C. Swan 2010)
  • Formatting and citing quotes (doc)
  • Using APA and MLA documentation-Purdue OWL advice
  • Using endnotes in Word documents (doc)
  • Writing an empirical paper in APA style (HD Smith)

The Writing Place