ACADEMIC WRITING

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The authors who have created this magnificent website.

Academic Writing In General

University of Richmond Writing Center
Academic Writing listed according to list of ABC's

University of Hertfordshire
Basic information for academic writing for international students

University of Melbourne
Basic steps to good academic writing - easy to follow and understand with good, clear examples

Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Everything you need to know about academic writing, including step-by-step instructions, examples and activities.

Capital Community College
This site includes detailed information with excellent examples on the “Writing Process”, “Structural Considerations”, and “Patterns of Composition” for Academic Writing.

LEO: Literacy Education Online: The Write Place Catalogue
Anything and everything to do with writing from the process of writing, to organization, style and cohesion, to grammar and sentence structure, to citing sources.

The University of Victoria Writer’s Guide
Everything you need to know when writing your academic paper

Middlesex University
All information pertaining to academic writing essays

University of Toronto
Step by step advice on academic writing. Includes many links.

Purdue's Writing Lab
Plenty of useful tips.

English Club
Differences between British and North-American vocabulary

Ruth's Help Pages
Help and advice

Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Writing a Research Paper

University of Richmond: Writer’s Web:
Help with transitional words and phrases
Commonly confused words

British vs American English, About.com:
Grammar tips and vocabulary: differences between British and American English
Spelling tips on English language

Dartmouth University
Why And How To Revise

Paragraphs/Sentences

Victoria University: An Academic Writing Module - Paragraphs
Topic sentences/building paragraphs/incorporating sources/types of paragraphs information and exercises

University of Toronto
Developing coherent paragraphs

Capital Community College Foundation Guide to Grammar and Writing
Detailed information with examples and exercises for sentences and paragraphs

Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Sentences and clarity – information with clear, easy to follow examples

General information about thesis statements:

University of Wisconsin Madison: The Writing Centre
LEO Thesis Statement
University of Victoria's Writer's Guide