Citing

• Society for American Archaeology Style Guide
• "Editorial policy and style guide for American Antiquity" April (1983): 429-442
• The archaeologist's Field Handbook [print]
• The preparation of archeological reports [print]
• Presenting the past [print]
• SFU Library guides to citation styles: APA | MLA | Chicago/Turabian
• Referencing and citation management software
• Plagiarism
  • Library guide on plagiarism and how you can avoid it
  • Library interactive tutorial Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism to test yourself and to learn more about plagiarism

Writing

• SFU Learning Commons assistance
  • 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.
• Theses/Dissertations
  • Start with: Writing and Submitting your Thesis
  • The Library also has a number of books on this topic
    • Browse search by subject Dissertations, Academic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. in Catalogue to find titles 
    • A practical guide to the qualitative dissertation [online or print]
    • Guide to writing empirical papers, theses, and dissertations [online or print]

Further resources

• See the SFU Library's Writing & Style Guides page for further guides to topics such as citing statistics and images and writing book reviews and annotations.
• The Scholarly Publishing guide will answer some of your questions about retaining copyright to your published work.