*Introductory Guide for Grad Students

Graduate School requires building on and acquiring new skills for more scholarly writing as well as thinking differently i.e., learning to analyze information to make new connections.

This section provides information to help you learn to become a researcher -- that's right, learn; not things just intuitively known.

• Metacognition - what and why
• Organizing your Research
• Research Questions to Search Terms
• Reading Research
• Academic Writing--Beginning
• Academic Writing--Strategic Help
• Grammar
• Punctuation
• Plagiarism & Self-Plagiarism

The Graduate School, in partnership with the Efaw Center for Educator Excellence and the Office of International Engagement, offers one-on-one writing assistance for graduate students.