Writing

Overview	Essay Structure
The Writing Process - A Checklist (pdf) The Research Paper (pdf)	The Essay (pdf) Sample Essay APA Style (pdf) The Thesis Statement (pdf) Finding a Strong Thesis (pdf)
Generating Ideas and Gathering Information	Paper Formatting
Prewriting Strategies for Exploring Ideas (pdf) Prewriting Questions for Exploring Ideas (pdf) Reflective Writing - Coming Up with Ideas (pdf) The History Research Essay: Getting Started (pdf)	Formatting Running Heads APA Style (pdf)
Organizing Ideas	Using Sources
Prewriting Strategies for Organizing Ideas (pdf) Sample Basic Essay Outline (pdf) Sample Detailed Essay Outline (pdf) Making an Outline from the Top Down (pdf) Outlining a Multi-point Paragraph (pdf)	Plagiarism - How to Avoid It (pdf) Introducing Quotations: Using Reporting Words (pdf) Building Paragraphs around Quotations (pdf) Writing Summaries (pdf) Annotated Bibliography (pdf)
Editing	Documentation
Editing for Language Errors (pdf) A Self-Editing Guide (pdf) ESL Writing Developing Writing Fluency (pdf)	APA Style - Douglas College Library In Text Citation APA Style (pdf) MLA Style - Douglas College Library In Text Citation MLA Style (pdf) Chicago Style - Douglas College Library Legal - Douglas College Library Making Footnotes or Endnotes: Word 2007 (pdf)

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