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Citation Guidance
Citation is an important step in your research process. Adding citations to your work helps you avoid plagiarism, provides credibility for the claims in your paper, and shows the reader where they can learn more. Citation styles often differ across fields of study. Below, you'll find resources for citation styles that are common across the fields of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Check with your instructor if you have questions about which citation style to use for your assignment.
- APA Style Guide OnlineWebsite for APA Citation Style
- IEEE Reference GuideDownloadable PDF for IEEE citation guide
- ACM Online GuideACM Citation Style and Reference Formats guide
- Purdue OWLPurdue Online Writing Lab provides citation guidance and reference examples for many citation styles.
Writing Help
Learning to write an academic paper can be challenging. Check out the resources below for writing tips, or book an appointment with the Writing Center for in-depth help.
- The Writing Center at UNC Chapel HillThe UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center provides tips for vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and classroom communication.
- Writing a Research Paper in MathematicsTips on math writing from MIT
- Writing as an Engineer or ScientistTutorials from Penn State to help with technical writing
How to Write and Present Technical Information by
Thoroughly updated to discuss the use of tools such as Skype and social media, this concise volume shows how effective communication--via written text and spoken presentations--can positively impact project management in professional environments. Professional communications are the "information product" of all organizations and businesses. Based on that premise, this book offers communications strategies that will benefit any organization that disseminates technical information in-house and/or to customers. The popular work provides easy-to-understand and apply guidelines for designing and writing effective technical documents, as well as other related communications. What makes this new edition especially valuable is that it maintains the quality of information that distinguished the previous editions, but is now updated to encompass current technology and trends, including today's prevalent communication tools such as social media. The book begins by looking at skills common to all technical writing and offering general advice on designing and writing reports. Next is a discussion of specific types of reports along with common problems and issues writers face. Finally, the work overviews other forms of communications such as professional presentations. The updated material also considers the growing importance of interviews and focus groups as information-gathering tools, the influence of visual rhetoric, and the use of technologies such as Skype and webinars.
ISBN: 9781440855054Publication Date: 2017-09-15
