Writing Resources

Academic Writer is sponsored by the American Psychological Association. The digital platform supports the print manual (7th ed.) and offers tutorials and quick guides including sample references,

On the site at this link, there are two categories on the left of the site: Research and Writing. You must click the down "open" arrow next to Writing to reveal excellent tutorials on various writing topics.

This tutorial in Academic Writer is an essential overview for academic and scholarly writing--addressing organization, format, academic writing style, and grammar and usage.

Academic Writer provides this video tutorial to support the section on Bias Free Language in the new 7th edition of the APA manual of style.

The first Quick Guide listed in the LEARNING CENTER is "Bias-Free Language." The sections detail how to write about topics such as age, gender, racial and ethnic identity, and socioeconomic status, among others.

Listed in Quick Guides is a section titled "Mechanics of Style." This learning module offers explicit guidance on abbreviations, capitalization, punctutation, numbers, lists, and other language mechanics.

The "Writing Style" Quick Guide is an essential module for learning how to write with clarity, conciseness, use of proper verb tense, and tone in writing. Here you will find guidance on avoiding wordiness, and sentence and paragraph construction.

This tutorial in Academic Writer offers a quick but thorough introduction to crediting sources, citing properly in text, and for formatting references.

Academic Writer provides sample references as described in the print version of the APA 7th manual. The "+More like this" link on the left can help you search for associated types of references.

This OWL site is a portal to their resources for APA topics, both how to style (construct) a document, and how to use APA reference style.

Effective Scholarly Writing: Continuity and Flow; Conciseness and Clarity, and Grammar and Usage.

General guidelines for APA 7th style requirements for language mechanics: see "More Info" below.

General Guidelines for Tables and Figures

These slides list all revisions and additions introduced into the seventh edition of the APA Manual of Style 7th edition, by chapter. The charts compare the current section numbers with previous guidelines in APA 6th edition.

This site is the primary source for searching for a DOI.

From APA Style Blog: Defines DOIs and describes how to find and use DOIs in references. Additional links from this page to related DOI blog entries.

This University of Illinois Library site describes "what a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is, how to find a DOI, and how to use a DOI to find an article it refers to."

This form is hosted by CrossRef.org, the organization that assigns DOIs to digital objects. You may register for free and enter a reference title, and it will return the reference with its DOI.

This FNU Library QuickGuide offers information and links for finding images, including medical images, in the public domain online (free to use without seeking copyright permission). Here you will find clear information about copyright and for citing images you find online.

This tutorial introduces issues related to copyright including an overview and purpose of copyright, fair use and permission, and types of copyright. Related resources are found in APA 7th Chapter 12, sections 12.14 - 12.18.

*Chart* Editor’s note: This chart has been designed to clarify the complexities of copyright laws for the basic and regular use of images in general publications and for personal use. However, this chart, in its simplicity, cannot and does not cover all the complex nuances of copyright laws. Those who use this chart are encouraged to do so only as a general guideline. . . . Also, it should be noted that these guidelines reference laws and standards in the USA. Laws and guidelines differ, sometimes significantly, in other countries.

Academic Writer, the digital learning platform for APA, offers this tutorial on plagiarism in brief sections that define plagiarism and describe mastering the art of citation.

This comprehensive set of guides from Colorado State University covers topics associated with understanding and avoiding plagiarism and describes common forms of plagiarism.

*Chart*. Editor's Note: While plagiarism is never considered acceptable, there are varying levels of severity with different types of plagiarism violations. So are you wondering if you’ve plagiarized? Here’s a quick guide to help show you what constitutes the many areas of plagiarism and how serious each violation is.

This statement by the Council of Writing Program Administrators defines plagiarism and explains how to avoid plagiarizing the work of others. There is a link to download the statement as a PDF.

This site offers ordering options to acquire a copy (or copies) of The Copyright Ninja. The comic book offers "simple, easy-to-remember-and-use ways to think about copyright in higher education." The author, Thomas Tobin, is an author and consultant on quality measures in higher education, copyright, and academic integrity.