Handouts
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APA Style (based on the 6th edition)
- Quick Reference (pdf)
- Examples – electronic sources (pdf)
- Examples – print sources (pdf)
- Examples Not Covered in the Manual – Interpretations of APA 6th Edition (pdf)
- Sample Paper (pdf)
- General Information (pdf) (includes headers & levels of headings)
- Understanding the Levels of Headings in APA (pdf)
- Tables and Figures (pdf)
- Information Location - APA Visuals Colour (pdf)
- Information Location - APA Visuals Black and White (pdf)
- Different Ways to Cite (pdf)
- Citing a Secondary Source (pdf)
- Inserting a page number and header (pdf)
- Suggestions for Referencing Specific Health Sciences Resources (pdf)
Chicago/Turabian Style
- Quick Reference (pdf)
- Turabian/Chicago Sample Paper (pdf)
- Formatting a Research Paper/Documenting Sources (pdf)
- Creating Endnotes (pdf)
- Creating a Bibliography (pdf)
Other Documentation Styles
- IEEE Information (pdf)
- IEEE Figures Tables & Equations (pdf)
- MLA (pdf) (based on the 7th edition)
Academic Credibility
- Academic Integrity and Writing (pdf)
- Credible Sources (pdf)
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing (pdf)
Structure
- Thesis Statements and Essay Format (pdf)
- Prewriting Techniques (pdf)
- Paragraph Structure (pdf)
- Using Outlines (pdf)
Sentences
- Avoiding Run-Ons and Fragments (pdf)
- Sentence Patterns (pdf)
- Combining Ideas (pdf)
Words
- Nouns and Articles (pdf)
- Frequently Confused Words (pdf)
- Transitional Devices (pdf)
- Verb Tenses (pdf)
Punctuation
- Punctuation (pdf) (includes semi-colon, colon, quotation marks)
- Apostrophes (pdf)
- Commas (pdf)
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