ENT 252: Entrepreneurial Leadership: APA Writing Help

Shows beginning users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples.

Use CrossRef to look up Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) for APA citations.

Resources on in-text citation and the references page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster from Purdue University.

A 1 minute video that clarifies how to cite when you use another author's words or another author's ideas.

Answers frequently asked questions about plagiarism and gives examples on how to paraphrase.

An animated tutorial from University of North Carolina on plagiarism and how to avoid it.

A tutorial from University of Wisconsin explaining appropriate use of paraphrasing in order to avoid plagiarism.

Helpful tips on avoiding plagiarism, including examples of when to cite, how to paraphrase, and correct citations.

Writing guides covering topics such as college level writing expectations, constructing thesis statements, evaluating sources, citations, and grammar.

Explains how to construct good thesis statements, introductions, and conclusions.

Explains the difference between active and passive voice in writing, gives examples of both, and explains how to turn a passive sentence into an active one.

Learn to write clearly by eliminating unnecessary words and rearranging phrases.

Quizzes on basic grammar rules, verbs and verbals, clauses and phrases, structural flaws, punctuation, pronoun usage, style, commonly confused words, spelling, and vocabulary.

Basic grammar review for nouns, verbs, and common confusing word usage.

Grammar help and tips for writing better sentences, paragraphs, papers, and presentations.

College writing and research lessons with videos, literature, arguments, and sample papers.

Provides steps and exercises to eliminate wordiness at the sentence level.

A quiz to explain the difference between which, that, and who and when to use each.

An explanation of when and how to use commas correctly.

An explanation of why and how to use concise sentences.