How Do I?: Write & Cite

Quick & Concise information to help you easily navigate the University Library online

How to Write a Paper

Developing Your Topic
This guide offers instruction and helpful tips on how to develop your topic for an academic paper or class assignment.
Formulating Your Search Strategy
The library has another guide which breaks down the steps required to search effectively. This includes other advanced search techniques, including Boolean searching, truncation, and more.
Assignment Planner
Need help getting started on your research paper? The Assignment Planner provides you with resources and helpful tips to guide you through the steps of the research and writing process.

Now that you've done your research, it's time to write! But how do you include all of the information that you've found into your essay? This great interactive video from the Cooperative Library Instruction Project and hosted by the Downs-Jones Library gives step-by-step instruction on how to incorporate your sources into the body of your essay, whether by direct quoting, paraphrasing or summarizing. It teaches about analyzing sources and using them to support your argument.

Writing Resources

Writing Help Centre
The Writing Help Centre, located in room 142 of the Murray Library, offers free, one-on-one instruction in academic writing, online and in person. They also offer short writing workshops on topics such as punctuation, essay structure, documentation, and graduate writing.
Writing Book Reviews
Academic Honesty: Library Guide to Writing it Right
Find out when & where to cite, and how to quote or paraphrase correctly.
University of Saskatchewan Copyright Office
Direct / Persistent Linking to Electronic Resources
This guide provides information on how you can find, edit and insert permanent links from the Library's electronic resources directly into your documents, emails, etc.