ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PART 3

Walden University College of Nursing Faculty, September, 2018

Introduction to Scholarly Writing: Tips for Success

General Resources for Writers To learn more about reading and writing critically, check the wealth of information offered at the Critical Thinking Consortium. There are many quality books on scholarly writing. Visit a large bookstore and leaf through the section on academic writing. Graduate students might want to start with a good college writing text such as ones by Diana Hacker or Toby Fulwiler. An inexpensive classic is Strunk and White’s Elements of Style (any edition will do). Also take a look at

• Becker, H. (1986). Writing for social scientists. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

• Hoover, K., & Donovan, T. (2003). The elements of social scientific thinking (8th ed.). New York: St. Martin's.

Walden Resources for Writers

The Walden Writing Center http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/

The Walden Writing Center offers resources to help you with everything from starting to think about writing a course paper all the way through to finishing and publishing a dissertation.

Writing Tutors If you need help with your writing, send an email message to the tutors at [email protected].

Writing Course If you are a graduate student and having difficulties with writing, consider

taking SBSF 6000: Graduate Writing. Learn more about this course and related resources

at http://inside.waldenu.edu/c/Student_Faculty/StudentFaculty_1459.htm.

NURS 6002: Foundations of

Graduate Study