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Writing

Writing Process
Overview	Essay Structure
The Writing Process - A Checklist (pdf) The Research Paper (pdf)	The Essay (pdf) Sample Essay APA Style[1] (pdf)
Generating Ideas and Gathering Information	Thesis
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)	The Thesis Statement (pdf) Finding a Strong Thesis (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 a Paragraph around a Quotation (pdf) Writing Summaries (pdf)
Editing	Documentation
Editing for Language Errors (pdf) A Self-Editing Guide (pdf)	APA Style - Douglas College Library Citing Sources Using APA Style (pdf) MLA Style - Douglas College Library Citing Sources in MLA Style (pdf) Chicago Style - Douglas College Library Documenting Sources Using Chicago Style (pdf) Legal - Douglas College Library Making Footnotes or Endnotes: Word 2007 (pdf)
ESL Writing	Useful Links
Developing Writing Fluency (pdf)	Diana Hacker Research & Documentation The University of Victoria Writer's Guide The OWL at Purdue Memorial University of Newfoundland Writing Centre University of North Carolina Writing Centre City University of New York Writing Tutorials Paradigm Online Writing Assistant