Strategies for prereading, reading, and using SQ3R in preparing for your assignment

Strategies for understanding, outlining, drafting, and revising your paper

Discover outlining strategies for drafting and revision

Follow our step-by-step process for turning your prompt into a polished paper

Learn how to revise your paper independently or with OWLC help

Follow the final steps to finishing your paper

Economy of expression | Precision & clarity | Active & passive voice | Tone & syntax

Purpose & thesis statements | How to paraphrase | Synthesis | Analysis & incorporating evidence | Avoiding logical fallacies | Reducing bias | Conclusions

The Proposal Alignment Tool (PAT) | The literature review matrix | Organizing with citation managers | From annotation to synthesis

Mind map | Inductive v. deductive reasoning | Inductive v. deductive outlining

MEAL plan | Transitions | Paragraph-level synthesis

Learn how to reverse outline your writing for revision

Learn how to cite within your sentences in your writing

Learn how to quote any directly copied text

Learn how to create a reference list and individual entries

Access our preformatted APA 7 templates here

Learn the APA 7 heading levels, margins, fonts, spacing, and hanging indents

Use our interactive tools to format APA 7 tables and figures

Review examples of plagiarism and TCSPP definitions

Learn the cultural reasons behind why plagiarism is an academic crime

Learn what benefits that citing sources has for other authors and for you

Learn when you need a source to avoid plagiarism

Learn how to integrate sources in paraphrasing and direct quotes at the sentence-level and paragraph-level

Take the OCWC assessments to see if you have plagiarism concerns

Manage your time in this step by making an actionable task list and beginning drafting with brainstorming

Use the OWLC’s time-saver APA and thesis templates in this step

Find sources based on your available time: “I have a week,” “I have a few days,” and “I have a few hours” to finish

Ensure you met your requirements: using OWLC appointments, using MS word as a proofreader, and reverse outlining

Viewing and Using Track Changes and Comment Bubbles in MS Word

Insert a Page Break | Double Spacing | Hanging Indents | Centering and Indenting

Formatting a Table of Contents | Troubleshooting the TOC: Paragraph Text Appearing |

Where You Can Access Learning Materials, Discussions, and Assignments | How You Can Self-Regulate Your School Work | How You Can Interact With Your Faculty, Peers, and Support Staff | What You Can Do to Make Your Learning More Successful | What Might Prevent Your Success Learning Online

Teaching, Communicating, and Collaborating Online for Faculty

Communicating, Collaborating, and Tutoring Online for Support Staff

Giving and Receiving Effective Dialogic Feedback | Writing & Communicating as Students | Harnessing a Dissertation Mindset as an Online Student

Strategies for preparing and outlining your research

Strategies for drafting research questions to suit the research purpose

Strategies for understanding and drafting problem and purpose statements

Learn how to craft an APA-aligned abstract using best practices (courtesy of TCSPP Methodology Experts​​)

Download an APA-aligned proposal or TCSPP dissertation template

Learn how to move from annotation to synthesis | OWLC Literature Review Matrix | Organizing your sources [video] | Synthesis of sources

Learn how to select a methodology that will support your research interests

Learn how to write up quantitative and qualitative data in research writing | APA 7 guidance on how to refer to participants, quote data, and maintain confidentiality

Making sense of quantitative data​ | Correlate This!​​ | Power Analysis| Learn how to select statistical tests for your research and to write the results in the body of your writing

Find explanations for the major differences between your native language(s) and the English language

Find explanations for the ten top grammar topics that cause difficulty for multilingual writers learning and writing in English

Find explanations for the major differences between your native language(s) and the English language

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Have questions about writing or the OWLC? Email the OWLC's multilingual writing specialist, Gabrielle Lynch, at glynch@thechicagoschool.edu