Writing Center

• Personal statement: What is it? How do you write it?
• High Impact Strategies for Writing: A Workshop, Presented by Dr. Dimitar Angelov, Coventry University (UK), April 4th, 2017
  • Powerpoint Slides
  • Handout: Excerpts from Literature Reviews
  • Handout: Trajectories of Ideas and Stance-Taking in Literature Reviews
  • Handout: Nominalizations
• Additional resources from other writing centers
  • Indiana University Bloomington: Personal Statements and Application Letters
  • UMass Amherst: Personal Statements
  • Purdue OWL Graduate School Applications

UConn Library

• Home / UConn Library
• Research Guides Your one-stop portal to help you with your research! By Subject/Group/Type/Recommendation
  • Literature Review: The What, Why and How-to Guide — Getting Started This guide will help you understand what is a Literature Review, why it is important and how it is done.
  • Evaluating Journal Quality A guide to the tools and methods for evaluating the quality of scholarly journals. Intended for authors, editors and reviewers.
  • Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Students & Faculty
  • Understand Citations
• Research Support Services Search Library Resources

Other Campus Resources

• UConn American English Language Institute (UCAELI): offers classes in speaking and writing for international students, usually with a fee
• The Center for Career Development: provides support for developing professional materials, including CVs and cover letters
• Grant Writing Resources from the Office of the Vice President for Research
• Graduate Student Wellness from Student Health Services

Websites

• Explorations of Style: A Blog About Academic Writing
• The Academic Phrasebank
• Purdue Owl Writing Exercises:
  • • Grammar exercises
    • Sentence structure
    • Sentence style
    • English second language (ESL) exercises

Citation Assistance

• Citation Guides
  • APA Style
  • Chicago Style
  • MLA Style
• Managers
  • RefWorks 
  • Zotero
    • UConn Zotero workshop
  • EndNote
  • Mendeley

Books and Articles

• Academic Writing for Graduate Students by John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak
• Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success by Wendy Belcher
• Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword
• How to Write a Lot by Paul J. Silvia
• Science Research Writing for Non-Native Speakers of English by Hilary Glasman-Deal
• Dissertations and Theses from Start to Finish: Psychology and Related Fields by John Cone and Sharon Foster
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E. B. White
• Writing with Clarity and Style by Robert Harris
• Democratization of Writing (multiple works) by Peter Elbow
• Brief Guides to Writing in the Disciplines: current titles include Anthropology, Biology, Engineering, Music, Nursing, Political Science, and Sociology
• The Craft of Research by Wayne C Booth, Gregory G Colomb, and Joseph M Williams (various editions available including free eBook version through the UConn Library)
• “Which Is More Productive, Writing in Binge Patterns of Creative Illness or in Moderation?” by Bob Boice in Written Communication, vol. 14, no. 4, 1997, pp. 435–59

Productivity Apps for Blocking Web Browsing and Goal Setting

• Freedom
• SelfControl
• StayFocusd
• Momentum
• GoalsOnTrack