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Improve your Academic Writing

Understand what academic writing entails:

Writing Argument Papers (Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements)
From OWL Purdue
A Short Guide to Critical Writing for Students.
A brief (6-page) booklet on the difference between descriptive and critical writing. Additional resource here.

Understand what academic reading entails:

How to Read an Academic Paper
How to Evaluate Journal Articles.
Use this guide/these criteria to evaluating journal article more critically.

Evaluate what you read with a critical eye:

Use sources you've read appropriately to avoid plagiarize:

Integrating Sources - Harvard Guide to Using Sources
This link walks you through the process of integrating a source in your writing.

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The land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Awaswas-speaking Uypi Tribe. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma.

The land acknowledgement used at UC Santa Cruz was developed in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.

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