SJSU Research Guides: Library Resources and Services: Writing and Citing

Writing Tutors & Resources

SJSU's Writing Center

Need help on your paper? Make an appointment with a tutor from the Writing Center. No time? The Writing Center also offers handouts and video tutorials with quick writing advice and tips.

24/7 Writing Help Online

The Excelsior OWL is unique in its multimedia support for writers. It offers a wide variety of interactive multimedia activities, quizzes, videos, interactive PDFs, and games – all designed to help writers understand important concepts about writing. Topics include the writing process, grammar essentials, and more.

Tutorials

Annotated Bibliographies
Learn what an annotated bibliography is and how to write one.
Art of Topic Development
Learn how to go from a vague idea of what you'd like to research to a strong, specific topic.
Paraphrasing
Learn how to put someone else’s ideas into your own words.
Writing a Literature Review Paper
Learn how to research, structure and write a literature review paper that synthesizes the key theories and results in your field of study.

Avoid Plagiarism

The Plagiarism—Graduate Level tutorial explores plagiarism, paraphrasing, and citing sources. Includes a pre-test, graded quiz, and paraphrasing practice exercises. Click the link below to begin.

Plagiarism Graduate-Level Tutorial
16 minutes for all 3 modules.

Library Resources and Services

Citation Style Help

Connect To RefWorks

Writing Tutors & Resources

Tutorials

Avoid Plagiarism