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General Writing Resources

Graduate Writer Resource Directory
Resources and information on annotated bibliographies, citations, literature reviews, personal statements, theses/dissertations, and more!

Graduate Writing Center Resources
Resources for writing in a specific genre, academic disciplines, and professions. They also have sources on citations, polishing language, conducting research, and more!
UCLA Graduate Writing Center
Graduate Writing Support Resources
Writing a research statement, teaching philosophy, preparing to write in graduate school, and more!
Lehigh University
Preparing Academic Presentations
Prepared by KSU Library Faculty, this guide will help you write abstracts, presentations, papers, and posters for academic conferences.
KSU Dissertation Resource Center
These resources were compiled by the Graduate College to help you throughout your dissertation process.
Graduate Writing Across the Disciplines Identifying, Teaching, and Supporting
This resource outlines best practices for helping graduate students writers across the disciplines.

Resources for Dissertations and Theses

Kent State Graduate College Website
The hub for graduate students at Kent State. Find awards and fellowships, lists of faculty and staff, events, and more.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Guidelines and instructions for both writing and submitting your thesis at Kent State.
Systematic Review Methods for Literature Reviews
Explanations, research models, and checklists to help you write your literature review.
Dissertations
Tips and advice on starting, drafting, and completing your dissertation.
UNC Chapel Hill
Resources for Dissertators
List of helpful books and websites for those writing dissertations.
UW-Madison Writing Center
Proposing, Writing, and Filling Your Thesis or Dissertation
Links to help you write your proposal, writing, and filling your thesis.
UCLA Graduate Writing Center
Dissertation Resource Center
Resources at Kent State for organizational tools, productivity, apps, data collection tools, joining a writing accountability group, and more.

Resources for Literature Reviews

How to Write a Literature Review
Steps and resources for writing a traditional literature review.
Systematic Review Methods for Literature Reviews
Explanations, research models, and checklists to help you write your literature review.
Literature Reviews
Tips and tricks for writing a literature review.
UNC Chapel Hill
Writing a Literature Review
Explains the parts of a literature review, how to organize a literature review, and tips for writing the literature review.
Purdue OWL

Resources for Research

Research and Scholarly Publishing
This page has resources about writing the scientific paper, abstracts, summaries, publishing, and citations.
CSU
Conducting Research
Features information on conducting primary research, evaluating sources of information, Internet references and searching online, and more.
Purdue OWL
Writing with Statistics
How to write with descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and visuals.
Purdue OWL
Incorporating Interview Data
Different models on incorporating interview data, summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting, referring to interviewees, and verbatim vs. non-verbatim quoting.
UW-Madison Writing Center
Formatting Science Reports
Resources about IMRAD format, developing your title, abstract, introductions, methods, results, and discussion.
UW-Madison Writing Center
Graduate Research Fundamentals Video Playlist
Video topics range from APA 7th edition help, funding opportunities, surveys, literature reviews and systematic review methods, and more!
Primary Sources for Historical Websites
This page has links to many databases that will be helpful for any historical research, along with databases that contain Congressional/U.S. government sources.
The Federalist Society
This website gives timely updates on important and pressing legal issues, such as recently-passed laws as well as bills currently being updated. The Society is also a platform for open discussion and debates on various legal topics. They host virtual legal events such as debates and teleforums, and provide videos and scholarly publications.
Consent Cover Letter Template
A starting point if you need to write a consent cover letter for your research. Make sure to change any parts of the letter so they apply to you!

Writing Proposals

Writing Fellowship and Grant Proposals
Resources for finding and applying for fellowships.
UCLA Graduate Writing Center
Resources for Proposal Writers
Helpful outside books and websites for those writing proposals.
UW-Madison Writing Center
Writing Letters of Intent
Guidelines, techniques, and components for a letter of intent.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Writing Letters of Inquiry
Organizing and reviewing the major parts of a letter of inquiry.

Books about Research

Academic Writing for Graduate Students, 3rd Edition by John M. Swales & Christine B. Feak
Explains understanding the intended audience, the purpose of the paper, and academic genres; includes the use of task-based methodology, analytic group discussion, and genre consciousness-raising; shows how to write summaries and critiques; features "language focus" sections that address linguistic elements as they affect the wider rhetorical objectives; and helps students position themselves as junior scholars in their academic communities.

Resources for Applying to Graduate School

Graduate School Prep
Some questions to think about before you start to apply to graduate school.
Consortium on Graduate Communication
An international association whose members provide professional development in written, oral, and multimodal communication to students before and during their (post-)graduate academic and professional programs. They also have some good resources on their page.
Graduate Application Timetable and Checklist
Make sure you're on top of deadlines and have everything you need for your application.
Admissions - Evaluating
What to take into consideration when trying to pick out the best graduate school for you.
Writing Your Goal Statement
Suggestions on how to write an effective goal statement.
Essays
Information on and sample graduate school application essays.

Personal Statement Dos and Don'ts
Tips on how to write an effective personal statement for graduate school. This resource also breaks down the parts of a personal statement.

Law School Admission Council
If you are interested in applying to law school, this website will be imperative for you! It features information on taking the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test), exploring and applying to law programs, and articles about the types of law and law school in general.

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