Research Guides: Graduate Student Library Resources: Writing & Citing

On Campus Writing Centers

Loyola Writing Center
The Loyola Writing Center offers peer tutoring for writers at any level, in any subject, at any point in the writing process. Tutors assist with class-based assignments, application essays, or personal writing. The Writing Center has highly trained faculty, graduate, and undergraduate tutors standing by in-person and on Zoom.
Notre Dame Writing Center
Student consultants work with students from every year, every school, every major, and every grade level. All consultations are in person and free for members of the NDMU community.

Online Guides for Graduate-Level Writing

Preparing for Graduate Writing
The Graduate-Level Writing Refresher from the University of Arizona Global Campus
Graduate Writing Overview
Tips from Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL)
Writing at the Graduate Level
Created by the Excelsior Online Writing Lab

Sample Paper Templates

APA Sample Paper
From the Purdue OWL. This template conforms to the standards outlined in the APA 7th edition, with a link provided to the 6th edition.
MLA Sample Paper
From the Purdue OWL. This resource contains a sample MLA paper that adheres to the 2016 updates.

Online Citation Guides

MLA 9 Style Guide
APA 7 Style Guide
Chicago Manual of Style (17th Ed.)
This is a quick CMS guide. The full manual can be accessed below.

Chicago Manual of Style Online
We subscribe to the full online version of the Chicago Manual of Style.
MLA Handbook Plus
We have online access to the full MLA 9 Handbook.

Zotero Citation Manager

Zotero is free open source software, available for download on your computer or used online via the web. You can download on multiple devices and Zotero automatically synchronizes your data.

Access: Zotero has both a cloud based version or a standalone software version that you can download to your computer (PC or Mac). Sign up for a free account and Download Zotero. Users can sync between desktop software and an online account.
Storage: Zotero provides 300MB of free online storage and desktop storage is dependent of your computers capacity.
Direct Export & PDFs: Send PDFs and citations to Zotero using a browser extension. Store PDFs, files, images, links, and whole web pages for easy retrieval.
Citation Styles: Many popular citation styles with the ability to easily download additional styles.
Cite while you write: Using the Zotero citation plugin you can create in-text citations, footnotes, and bibliographies in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice. Users can also generate a quick bibliography of selected citations directly from Zotero.
Help: Find more information at Zotero Documentation.

Ebooks About Graduate-Level Writing

LNDL has a wide selection of ebooks that can help with your graduate-level writing needs. Log in with your university credentials to access the ebook.