Strong writing skills are crucial to student success. Honing your writing skills with the Office for Student Success and Achievement can help you to leverage active voice, differentiate commonly confused words, and properly cite sources to avoid acts of plagiarism. The writing skill building activities and apps within this section can improve your overall academic standing, advance your communication skills, and lay the foundation for strong writing in the workplace after college. Moreover, tutors are available to help not only with proofreading and strengthening an argument, but also development of essay and paper ideas. Visit Milledge Hall to schedule your FREE writing services with peer tutors from a diverse set of majors and nearly every college on campus. Support for undergraduate and graduate students are available.
Strategies
Writing Guides from UGA Peer Tutors
Useful Links for Writing Support
- Academic Honesty at UGA (Prohibited Conduct, which includes plagiarism)
- Ask at Librarian at UGA
- Citation Management Guide
Some Useful Links outside of the UGA Domain
Further Reading
OSSA staff have compiled the best writing resources to assist you on your upcoming writing assignment. Review the options below to make the most of your upcoming paper, speech, or statement of purpose.
Citation
- Citation Guides (Purdue Owl)
- Citation Guides (Duke University)
- Citing Sources (Harvard)
- Citing Sources & Academic Integrity (American University)
Grammar
- Common Errors (Washington State University)
- Grammar Tips (Grammar Girl Blog)
- Grammar Handbook (University of Illinois)
- Free English Learning Resources (English Practice)
- English Punctuation (WikiHow)
- Grammar (American University)
Faculty-Focused Resources
- Faculty Resources (Yale)
List of Writing Resources
- Writing Resources Links (Harvard)
- Various Writing Resources (American University)
- 150 Writing Resources (Open Education Database)
Using References
- Integrating Sources (Harvard)
- Evaluating Sources (Harvard)
- Using Sources (Harvard)
Writing Guides
- Subject Specific Guides (Harvard)
- History Sample Guide (Harvard)
- Scientific Discourse (PDF) (MIT)
- Social Sciences (University of Southern California)
- Guide to Writing (Lumen Learning)
Writing Motivation
- Writing Motivation (The Odyssey Online)
- Writing Inspiration for Productivity (Inside Higher Ed)
- How to Write (Creative Writing) [The New York Times]
Writing Tips
- General Writing Tips (University of North Carolina)
- Writing Tips for North American Academics (Purdue Owl)
- General Writing Tips (North Carolina State University)
- 9 Ways to Improve Academic Writing (UC Berkeley)
- 30 Writing Tips (Inside Higher Ed)
- General Writing Tips (American University)
- General Writing Tips (University of Washington)
- General Writing Tips (University of Illinois)
Recommended Apps
Dragon Dictation
Use your voice to dictate a text message or email, create a Facebook status updates or a tweet, and anything in between. Simply speak and see your text content appear. Note: This app is only available for iOS.
Dictionary.com
Access the essential and most comprehensive dictionary app for dependable definitions at your fingertips.
EasyBib
Create citations automatically for your bibliography in seconds.
Khan Academy
Learn almost anything for free. Over 10,000 videos and explanations at your fingertips in math, science, economics, history, and much, much more.
