Helpful Links for Writing and Computing
Helpful Writing Links:
Here's a great UofT site on referencing in
papers. You're expected in this class to use what this site terms
"APA System". (Note that the example text demonstrating the APA
System is on linguistic research!)
This UofT site on How Not to
Plagiarize gives useful guidelines on proper attribution of ideas
in referencing, and (especially) how to take good notes to avoid
inappropriate use of others' ideas or text.
Actually, the whole Academic Writing
site, from which the above links are taken, has lots of useful
info about taking notes, essay writing, etc., that you may find
helpful for your term paper in the spring, but even for the in-class
essays that you will be writing.
Helpful Computing Links:
For e-books on Microsoft Word (word processing software) or PowerPoint
(presentation software), go to the
library's e-book catalog, and type in "office word" or "office
powerpoint" to the search window. You'll be shown a list of e-books.
Click on the title to see the book. You will need your library card
for access to these on-line resources. (My experience is that access
can be slow...)
You can also find many helpful sites on the web outside of UofT. Go
to google and search on "powerpoint
help" or "powerpoint tutorial" (similarly for "word"). Some sites I
found are this
tutorial and this FAQ
site for PowerPoint.
(Don't be afraid to play around with PowerPoint, and don't be too tied
by what you read in a tutorial. Eg, when you create a PowerPoint
presentation, you are not limited to the design template you first
choose -- you can choose slides with a bulleted list, but then delete
that for particular slides and insert a picture, or resize the text
and add another text box or picture, etc. Also, don't go through a
tutorial that has too much detail all at once. I've been using PPT
for years, and still don't make use of lots of functionality that is
mentioned on these kinds of pages. Keep it simple!)