Education: Citing & Writing

Citing

For help formatting your research paper and bibliography, check out our academic citation style guides with selected examples for:
APA | MLA | Chicago/Turabian

• Use RefWorks to track your references and format your bibliographies instantly with MS Word. Free for all current SFU students, faculty, and staff.
• Or try Zotero, a free extension for the Firefox web browser that helps you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.

Writing

The Student Learning Commons (SLC) at the SFU Library provides assistance with a wide range of academic writing, learning, and study strategies through one-on-one consultations, workshops, handouts, and online guides to:

• Writing for university: Learn or review the strategies and processes involved in academic writing and research, including writing for specific genres or disciplines, drafting your paper, self-editing, and writing at the graduate level.
• Writing handouts: Find quick tips on how to structure your research and essay from this series of two-page handouts provided by the Student Learning Commons.
• Preparing and submitting your thesis: Find library and campus resources for the preparation and submission of your graduate thesis, extended essay or project.
• Plagiarism: Learn more about what plagiarism is ... and how you can avoid it!  Or take the SFU Library's interactive tutorial Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism to test yourself and find out more.

For more help, see the SFU Library Writing & Style Guides page.