Sherman Cohn Library: Nutrition: Write

Writing Resources @ MUIH

From the Office of Student Support Services:

Writing Assignment Academic Support Resources

From Sherman Cohn Library:

Academic Writer - Writing Center Templates are offered to get started in the writing process.
APA Style Resource List
List of Writing Resources in the Catalog of the Sherman Cohn Library Access this list of publications that may assist students with writing assignments. The list is contained within the Library's Online Catalog and remains current.

Plagiarism Prevention Resource Links

Oops: I Thought Your Words Were Mine: Taking Notes Prevent plagiarism: Use this simple system when writing a paper.
How to Recognize Plagiarism: Tutorial and Tests provided by Indiana University Learn about the common forms of plagiarism. Once educated about this subject it will be easier to avoid plagiarizing.
Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing in a Nutshell A succinct write up about the differences between quoting, summarizing, and paraphrasing materials. Authored by UCLA Library.

Get Started Using Academic Writer to Write a Paper

Learn APA Style

Quick Start:
Explore the APA Style: Overview to get started with learning the APA Style basics.

Ongoing Learning, Citation Management, Writing Tools, and more:
Academic Writer (formerly APA Style CENTRAL) contains brief lessons on specific aspects of APA style along with self-check quizzes and much more. With Academic Writer, current students and faculty may create a personal account to utilize templates for writing different types of papers and to organize cited materials. To get started using Academic Writer:

Current students and faculty may download and follow instructions in the Step by step guide: Creating your library catalog account. You cannot access Academic Writer from off-campus without establishing and logging into this account.
Current students and faculty may download and follow instructions in the Step by step guide: Creating an Academic Writer account which provides instructions on the process of creating a personal account.

Academic Writer To facilitate the understanding and use of APA style, current students, faculty, and staff may create an Academic Writer account and engage in self-paced learning utilizing the many tutorials and learning activities presented in this service. Academic Writer includes writing templates and citation management functions that will make it easier to utilize APA style.