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RESEARCH & WRITING SUBJECT RESOURCES
Writing is an essential form of communication that is required for both your academic and professional success. The following resources will provide you with extensive guides, tutorials, and information on all things writing, including the writing process, mechanics and grammer, and ESL resources.
The Art Institute of Vancouver Library uses Library of Congress classification call numbers. Research & Writing books are found at both the Burnaby and Renfrew Libraries and are generally found in the call number range as follows:
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Writing, writing technique & structure, grammar |
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| Recommended General Books on WRITING |
Recommended Books on Business WRITING |
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- Business Writing for Dummies
- Business Writing: What works, what won't
- Elements of Business Writing
- Communicating for results : a Canadian student's guide
- How to... write effective business letters : correspondence, memos & faxes, electronic mail
- Writing for design professionals : a guide to writing successful proposals, letters, brochures, portfolios, reports, presentations, and job applications for architects, engineers, and interior designers
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Books on RESEARCH
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The OWL at PURDUE - Writing & Research Resource Recommended by the Art Institute of Vancouver (University Fair Use Policy)
This extensive resource on writing and research provides excellent, easy to use key information on the various visual and textual devices needed to emphasis to your writing. This includes:
- Textual formatting
- Sentence structure and word arrangements
- Grammer & Mechanics: punctuation, verbs, adjectives...
- ESL resources
- The Writing Process: developing an outline, creating a thesis, proofreading...
- Professional, Technical, & Job Search Writing: cover letters, resumes, email etiquette, report writing, presentation layout...
- Teaching Writing
- Citing your work
- The Research Process: how to search for resources, evaluate your resources.
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WRITING RESOURCES |
Online Search Engines
Online Research Resources
- 7 Steps of the research process (Cornell University)
- Evaluating Information Resources - Books, Web, & Journals
- Google Search Cheat Sheet
- Internet Tutorials - (by Laura Cohen, University of Albany)
- Library research skills tutorial - University of London
- Primary, secondary, and tertiary resources (University of Wisconsin)
- RCL How to Write a Research Paper - resources on research basics, narrowing your topic, citing your sources, & plagiarism
- Research 101 (University of Washington)
- Research Guide - (Duke University)
- Virtual Training Site: internet for art and design - free online tutorials designed to help design students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills
- Virtual Training Site: internet for fashion and beauty - free online tutorials designed to help fashion students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information literacy and IT skills
Online Business Research Resources
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General Online Writing Resources
Business & Technical Writing
Online ESL Resources
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COPYRIGHT WEBSITES
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS (PPR) WEBSITES - Public Performance Rights: showing films in class
- Audio Cine Film - PPR info and information on films with PPR. Search the database to find out which films you can, or cannot show in class
- Criterion Pictures - PPR info and information on films with PPR. Search the database to find out which films you can, or cannot show in class
- FAQ on Public Performance Rights - Criterion Pictures
- Showamovie.ca - Guide to everything you need to know to show a film in public.
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| LIBRARY DATABASES |
The Art Institute of Vancouver Library is proud to offer a collection of excellent databases and online resources that instructors and students in need of marketing resources can use. These resources are available for you to use at any of The Art Institute of Vancouver campuses or remotely from home for your study, research, work, and leisure needs.
**Please note that you must obtain the necessary Access USER IDs & Passwords from the library to use these resources. Please drop by at any Art Institute of Vancouver Library location, call, or email the library staff to obtain the necessary information.**
- Oxford Reference Online
Contains about 100+ dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works and an expanding range of key titles from the acclaimed Oxford Companions Series, plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. Includes subject coverage from art & architecture to language & literature to science.les from major regional dailies; and Proquest Psychology which encompasses a range of topics from over 500 leading psychology publications. See: English Language and Linguistics
Do you know of any other resources to add? Having trouble finding the information that you need? Need the user access codes for these databases? Please contact the Library for help, or if you have any comments or resource suggestions.
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