Types of Academic Writing

Please keep in mind that your instructor may have different expectations than those expressed in these resources. If you have any uncertainties regarding what's expected of your work, please speak with your instructor.

Annotated bibliography

• What's an Annotated Bibliography? (YouTube video, Brock Library)
• Writing an Annotated Bibliography (Deborah Knott, New College Writing Centre)
• Annotated Bibliography Example (Central Penn College; example of APA Style (7th ed.) formatting for an annotated bibliography but please follow assignment directions)

Book review

• Writing Book Reviews (The Writing Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; provides general information about writing a book review for an academic audience)
• How to Write an Academic Book Review (Dr. Wendy Belcher; gives information and suggestions of how to approach writing a book review that the author intends to publish in a book or journal)

Case study or case study report

• Case Studies (Cengage Learning)
• Case Study Report (University of Guelph)
• Writing a Case Study Analysis and the annotated example (Ashford University)

Conference poster: How to Design an Award-Winning Conference Poster (Tullio Rossi via LSE Impact Blog)

Conference presentation: Conference Presentations (Dr. Candace Hastings, Texas A&M University Writing Center; video and transcript available)

Lab report: Lab Reports (University of Waterloo)

Journal article: Publish Your Research

Research paper/project: Project Planner (SAGE Research Methods; requires RRU login)

Research proposal

• Thesis, Major Paper, and Major Project Proposals 
• The Perfect Proposal (video by Dr. Candace Hastings, Texas A&M University Writing Center)
  • As suggested in the video, visit Theses and Projects for RRU examples.

Summaries

• Summarizing (Leora Freedman, University of Toronto)
• Five Keys to Writing Effective Summaries (Southern Illinois University Writing Center)