Additional Resources: Writing & Speaking
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On-Campus Resources
The Centre for International Experience (CIE) serves international students coming to U of T and domestic students looking to go abroad.
The U of T Library provides answers to common research questions (including using RefWorks, setting up my alerts, using article databases, finding theses, accessing resources from home, etc.)
The Career Centre offers a comprehensive, personalized range of services to support and empower participants in making informed decisions about their career and employment goals.
The Health and Wellness Centre offers students short-term individual counselling/psychotherapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, group therapy, workshops, and psychiatric medication services.
The Centre for Learning Strategy Support offers a variety of services and supports specifically for graduate students.
On-Campus Resources: Writing Centres in the Professional Faculties
Engineering Communication Program
Health Sciences Writing Centre (for students in Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences, Physical Education, Health/Exercise Science, and Social Work)
On-Campus Resources: Writing Centres on the Satellite Campuses
U of T Scarborough campus: The Writing Centre, Centre for Teaching and Learning
U of T Mississauga campus: The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre
Citation Formats
The Chicago Manual of Style Online
Standard Documentation Formats, Writing at U of T
Citation and Style Guides, Concordia University Libraries
Research and Citation, OWL at Purdue
Citing Your Sources, University of Wisconsin–Madison Writing Centre
ESL Support
Academic Phrasebank, University of Manchester
English as a Second Language Resources, OWL at Purdue
Using English for Academic Purposes: A Guide for Students in Higher Education
Note: If you are not a registered graduate student at U of T, you are not eligible to take courses at GCAC. Instead you may wish to look at the course offerings at U of T’s School of Continuing Studies or the Toronto District School Board Continuing Education.
Essay and Thesis Writing
Graduate Supervision Guidelines, School of Graduate Studies, U of T
Demystifying the Dissertation Column, Peg Boyle Single, Academic Writing Coach
Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation, S. Joseph Levine, Michigan State University
Thesis by Publication, Shannon Mason and Margaret Merga
Grammar
HyperGrammar 2, University of Ottawa
Grammar for Academic Writing, University of Edinburgh
The Nature of Writing, Concordia University of Edmonton
Online Guides to Academic Writing
Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
Academic Phrasebank, University of Manchester
The Writer’s Handbook, the Writing Centre at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
Wordiness List, Kim Blank, University of Victoria
Using Visuals, Rebecca A. Pinkus
Oral Presentation Skills
How to Win at Academic Presentations, Sarah Knowles, LSE Impact Blog
Presentation Tips, Garr Reynolds
Presentation Resources, Think Outside the Slide, Dave Paradi
Plagiarism
How Not to Plagiarize, Writing at U of T
Avoiding Plagiarism, OWL at Purdue
Plagiarism, Indiana University Writing Tutorial Services
Academic Integrity Booklet, Princeton University
Poster Presentations
Design of Scientific Posters, Michael Alley, Penn State University
Advice on Designing Scientific Posters, Colin Purrington, Swarthmore College
Poster Presentation Guidelines, Varinder K. Randhawa and Philip J. Bilan
Creating Effective Poster Presentations, George R. Hess, Kathryn W. Tosney, and Leon H. Liegel
Proposal Writing
Academic Proposals in Graduate School, Writing at U of T
Grant Proposals, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center
Writing Academic Proposals, OWL at Purdue
A Funding Adviser’s Guide to Writing a Great Grant Application, Nature
Publishing
Getting Published, Gerald Jackson
Manuscript Works, Laura Portwood-Stacer
Publishing Advice for Graduate Students (in the Humanities and Social Sciences), Thom Brooks
The Scholarly Kitchen: What’s Hot and Cooking in Scholarly Publishing
Open Access Overview, Peter Suber
Directory of Open Access Journals
Scientific Writing
Craft of Scientific Writing, Michael Alley, Penn State
The Science of Scientific Writing, George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan
Scientific Writing Resource, Duke University
How to Write a First-Class Paper, Nature
Elements of Style, Nature Physics
Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing
The Writing Process
Getting Started
Four Steps to Narrow Your Research Topic
Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Understanding Your Assignment Checklist
Planning and Prewriting
Introduction to the Academic Writing Process
Prewriting and Brainstorming Strategies
Constructing a Logical Argument
Drafting
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
Working with Sources
Active Reading and Notetaking Skills for Research
Notetaking from Research Reading
Notetaking Instructions Worksheet
Quotation, Paraphrase and Summary
Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism: From Passage to Paraphrase
Writing An Annotated Bibliography