It's research paper season here in Academia land, and so this post will provide a list of helpful links for those people who are diligently working on their final class papers.
For writing help:
I always check the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University. It can help you with every step of the writing process from outline to final draft.
The OWL has specific pages that I recommend for students who are engaging in the academic writing process. Their advice on crafting a thesis statement is very good! As is their advice on developing an outline.
In Academic writing, it is crucial that you cite and reference your sources correctly and often. I like to use APA style referencing because it's a gender neutral referencing style.
Google Scholar can be a surprisingly helpful resource for finding references, but make sure you use it carefully and sparingly. I often begin with a search on Google Scholar, and then move on to a more specific search in my library.
For internet-related articles, I like to check The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and First Monday. Both journals are top notch.
Public Relations Review is a journal dedicated to public relations. The latest issue has an article about Twitter use during the Haiti earthquake. You can access it through the Ryerson Library.
Sometimes you can even find full books online. Project Gutenberg provides free online archived ebooks for books that have fallen into the Canadian public domain.
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