Contact info

If you need help, please contact Jenna Walsh, Indigenous Initiatives Librarian & Librarian for Indigenous Studies, Archaeology, Environmental Science, and Resource & Environmental Management at or jmwalsh@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian

Citing

• SFU Library guides to citation styles: APA | MLA | Chicago/Turabian
• Citation Management software: organize your references with tools like Zotero, Mendeley or others.
• Plagiarism
  • SFU Library guide on plagiarism and how you can avoid it.
  • SFU 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/Final projects
  • Start with: REM 699 Guidebook (via the School of REM site).
  • Also consult the more general guide: Writing and Submitting your Thesis
  • The SFU Library also has a number of books on this topic under SUBJECT Dissertations, Academic -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  • Suggested titles:
    • Guide to writing empirical papers, theses, and dissertations [online or print]
    • A practical guide to the qualitative dissertation [online or print]
    • Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation: a handbook for students and faculty (2003) [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.