Useful links for academic / non-fiction writers

There are many excellent websites offering guidelines for grammar use - try some of the following suggestions.

Grammar-related

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (US) this page provides a listing of all the valuable writing guides

This particular page clearly outlines what is involved in paraphrasing http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/619/01/

Common Errors in English (US) This site by Professor Paul Brians from Washington State University details common problems and how to avoid them

Guide to Grammar and Writing (US) A general resource to clarify grammatical problems

APA Research Style Crib Sheet (US) Summarises the main format and referencing specifications of APA style

APA Referencing Style (Aus) a useful summary of key APA referencing formats

The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr) A classic little book promoting simplicity and conciseness in written expression

Thesis-related

The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) offers a summary of the Australian standards applicable to editors. Revised in 2011 by the Institute of Professional Editors and approved by the Deans and Directors of Graduate is a policy guiding the use of professional editors for thesis editing. Editing research theses

Writing and presenting your dissertation or thesis (US) An excellent resource

How to write a PhD thesis (Aus) Another excellent guide

How to write a dissertation or bedtime reading for people who do not have time to sleep this site offers some suggestions to help you write a succsessful PhD thesis, although writen for Computer Science it has some very helpful general advice

PhD : First thoughts to finished writing is a site developed by the University of Queensland and offers a range of tips

The following two sites were recommended by Hannah Vaughn in the US

http://public.randomnotes.org/richard/PhDtalk.html ‘The only way to find out how to do a PhD is to do one. Therefore all advice is useless’

http://onlinephd.org/ ‘Online PhD: Musings on the lives of doctoral students and resources for the entire PhD experience’

General

Study guides and strategies (US) General suggestions to develop good study habits and strategies

Australian Society of Authors A range of downloadable papers providing guidance about getting published

updated Jan 7, 2012