InfoGuides: Integrative Studies: Write & Cite

Writing Help

Mason Writing Center
Citation Guides/Sites

Mason Resources

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The Mason Writing Center has a variety of resources to help students with their writing:

Make an appointment with a writing tutor who can help you improve your writing.
Check their writing resources page for help writing papers and essays, editing and revising your writing, grammar, etc.
Look under the heading "Research-based Writing" to download A Guide to Annotated Bibliographies .

Improve Your Technical Writing

Science and Technical Writing: A manual of style

This ebook is designed to help students improve their technical writing. Get information and advice you can use to improve your final paper. There are chapters on audience, types of technical documents, grammar, punctuation and other formatting and style issues.

OWL Purdue Guide
The definitive online style guide that has helped students the world over for many, many, years. A good first stop for quick reference for the more commonly used styles.
APA Style Site
APA Style is the default style for many social sciences and science disciplines. Here is the official site from APA. Also consider visiting the library to view the full APA Style Guide.
MLA Style Site
MLA is a style many of us began using for bibliographies and citations. This is the official MLA site, and also visit the library to view the MLA Guide first-hand.
Chicago Style Site
The Chicago Style is used for many disciplines, including but not limited to... History... Economics... and many many more!

Citations Made Easy with Zotero

Use Zotero to generate accurate citations and quick bibliographies. Get started with these videos:

Manage Citations: Zotero How To Videos (Beginners guide to Zotero in 6 brief videos)

Do you need a specialized citation style beyond APA, Chicago, or MLA? Check out Zotero's Style Repository for specialized formats.

The Libraries provide workshops to get you started using Zotero. Check the workshop calendar for times and locations.

Need more citation help? Check out the Purdue Online Writing Lab for assistance with citing APA, MLA and Chicago.