Citations
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How to Use Direct Quotes
Direct quotes are often used when you want to emphasize the author's specific wording, particularly when it's a unique or influential phrasing. They require proper attribution to the original source to avoid plagiarism. This Resource Page will help you understand what direct quoting is and why it’s important in scholarly work.
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How to Integrate Others' Research into your Writing
Integrating others’ research into your own writing is essential for your assignments. This Resource Page will help you learn effective strategies for integrating others’ research.
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How to Write an Annotated Bibliography
While an annotated bibliography can be a standalone assignment, at its core it is a foundational research tool. This Resource Page will help you learn the steps to write an annotated bibliography.
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Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
This Resource Page explains the concepts of Academic Integrity, Academic Misconduct and Plagiarism, shows examples and provides effective strategies to maintain academic integrity.
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How to Summarize
Summarizing is the process of condensing a longer piece of text into a shorter version while retaining its essential meaning and main points. This Resource Page will help you create concise and coherent summaries and understand how to use summarization in your research and academic writing.
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What is an Annotated Bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is a foundational tool to help develop a research project or an assignment. In this Resource Page, you will learn the components of annotated bibliographies and their use in academic writing.
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How to Paraphrase
Paraphrasing is a fundamental skill in academic writing to express others’ ideas while maintaining originality and ensuring ethical writing practices. This Resource Page will help you understand what paraphrasing means and how to effectively paraphrase.
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Citations and APA Style
When writing an academic paper, you often need to refer to other people’s research to support your own arguments and ideas. This Resource Page will help you learn what citations, reference lists, and APA style are and how to use them.
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Advice on Academic Writing
Advice on Academic Writing is a website of resources with practical tips and strategies on academic writing created by UofT writing advisors.
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Library Research Skills
Library Research Skills is a series of Quercus-based, self-paced learning modules that will help you improve your research skills and navigate the ݮƵ libraries. If you are not familiar with the library system or are not sure how to get started with research assignments, this is the right resource for you.