Writing Resources

Whether it’s writing your first research paper or your final dissertation, we've collected a variety of useful sources to make the process a little easier.

iThenticate by Turnitin

• For graduate students enrolled in thesis/dissertation and writing-intensive classes such as Special Problems
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• Online Resources
• User Guide

How to Write a DEI Statement

• Making Sense of Diversity Statements
• Developing and Writing a Diversity Statement
• 5 Don'ts in Writing Your DEI Statement

ProQuest Dissertation Bootcamp 

• Proquest Dissertation Bootcamp Modules

UNT Resources

• UNT Academic Integrity
• Thesis and Dissertation Manual
• UNT Libraries Theses and Dissertations Collection
• Scholarly Writing Guide (UNT Libraries)
• RefWorks: Introduction (UNT Libraries)
• Graduate Tutoring at UNT Writing Center
• UNT Office of Research Consulting
• Office of Research Integrity and Compliance (IRB and IACUC)
• Grant Writing Resources
• UNT Copyright Resources (UNT Libraries)
• UNT Libraries Copyright Basics
• Office of Innovation and Commercialization (Required reporting of inventions and creative works developed with UNT resources)

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism (UNT Libraries)
• Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It

Reproducing Copyrighted Material

• US Copyright Office: The Four Fair Use Provisions
• ALA Copyright Tools

Online Resources & Style Guides

• Demystifying the Dissertation Proposal, from The Chronicle of Higher Education by Dr. Leonard Cassuto
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Citations and Style Guides (UNT Libraries)
• Writing Center Resources

Awards

• UNT University Writing Award is sponsored through the Faculty Senate for undergraduate and graduate student works.
• Networked Digital Library of Electronic Theses & Dissertations (NTLTD) offers awards for the most technologically innovative electronic dissertation
• Dissertation awards from the Colleges of Business, Education, and Information are available directly from these colleges. Please contact them directly for more information.
• Innovative Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Award recognizes an ETD authors’ efforts to enhance public access and use of ETDs through the creative and innovative uses of technologies. Although all UNT ETDs that use multimedia objects are eligible for this award, priority will be given to ETDs that are distributed online as open access.
• The Toulouse Dissertation Award recognizes individuals whose dissertation makes a significant contribution to their field of study. This award is open to recent doctoral graduates and doctoral students who have completed their dissertation.

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