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How to use Academic Writer

What is the Learning Center?

LEARNING CENTER

The Learning Center shows students how to do research, write within APA guidelines, and use bias-free language. This center provides quick guides, tutorials, and various sample references (papers, references, tables, and figures).

Quick Guides, Tutorials, Samples

QUICK GUIDES

There are 71 quick guides available about writing bias-free, citation, style mechanics, paper organization, and tables and figures. These guides can give students a basic introduction to the elements of APA style; they are interactive and may take around 15 minutes each to complete. For an example of a quick guide, look at the Bias-Free Language guide about Socioeconomic Status

 

TUTORIALS

18 in-depth tutorials are available about important research and writing topics that a writer would have to consider as she writes a paper or manuscript under APA guidelines. Each tutorial may take around 30-45 minutes to complete. For an example of a tutorial, look at the Research tutorial about How to Find Reliable Sources.

 

SAMPLES

200+ sample references are offered within the Learning Center: papers, a multitude of references (books, journals, online resources such as social media, legal documents, reviews, unpublished works, etc.), tables, and figures.