Guides to help with writing, reading, and research Guides to help with writing, reading, and research Top Grammatical Errors How to Write an Essay Booklet (created by MC Tutor Jasmine Betka!) Essay Playbook-How to Write an Essay from a Sports Point of View! (by MCTutor Jasmine Betka) Run-ons Using Active Voice "the" "A" "An"...how to use articles/determiners Punctuation How to Organize an Essay and Create an Outline Writing the Thesis Statement Writing Essays about Poetry Outlining your essay How to write an essay Thesis statements Transitions Classical Argument Structure: Explanation and Planning Tool Logical Fallacies to Avoid A table for planning a compare/contrast essay Introductions & Conclusions Research Papers Research Papers Research Papers MLA Research Paper Guide Finding and Using Sources for Research Papers Research Paper Structure for Expository and Argument Research Paper Structure for Literary Analysis and Criticism What is a "Lit Review" (Review of the Literature)? How do I write one? Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing without plagiarizing (MLA style) How to know if a source is credible Research Paper Process (a topic refinement tool) Research Paper Designing Tool (for clarifying your thesis and visualizing the argument) Citation Format Guides Citation Format Guides APA 7th Edition Citation Guide MLA 8th Edition Citation Guide MLA Style Center OWL MLA Guide MLA Powerpoint MLA Overview Workshop (mp4 video) CMS Chicago Manual of Style Video Guides Thesis Notetaking MLA APA Format APA FORMAT on MS Word APA 7th ED guidelines How to Read Literature How to Fix Run-Ons and Comma Splices How to Use Colons vs. Semi-Colons Improving Academic Success Improving Academic Success across the Curriculum Preparing a "Poster Session" Annotation: Taking notes on what you read Taking lecture notes Taking Lecture and Reading Notes (Lecture notes PowerPoint) Reading Log for Text Books (pdf) Reading Log for Text Books (MS Word doc) Reading Log for Research (pdf) Reading log for Research (MS Word doc)