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These resources include an APA Powerpoint tutorial, the APA Sixth Edition, advice on writing a dissertaion -- with samples -- the mechnaics of writing/grammar, and how to avoid plagiarism. For advanced, academic students.

"Well, it's official, you can now officially cite social media sources in MLA and APA formats. Although this might not seem like a big deal, it is an important step in acknowledging social media as an important source of information for scholarly work. Of course, it warrants a discussion with students about when to cite tweets. For example, citing a person's opinion in a paper is important, but citing a person's tweet as a factual basis for an argument doesn't hold up nearly as well!" You can copy, download, and share this information, which is laid out in a graphic.

Although this short video spends a lot of time on formatting, it is helpful, esp. for students just starting to use a computer, MS Word, or APA conventions in academic papers.

Screencast with basic information about APA format and style of citations and reference list.

A short video showing how citations and reference list relate to each other. Includes links to APA 6th edition also.

R. Byrne: "One of the most useful new Add-ons for Google Documents is the EasyBib Bibliography Creator. The EasyBib Bibliography Creator makes it easy to properly cite resources and format a bibliography in APA, MLA, or Chicago style. The screenshots below provide directions for the process. (Click the images to view them in full size)."

Spoken slowly with screencast video for beginners to academic writing conventions.

This video is spoken very slowly, with subtitles, so it is quite useful for ESL/EFL students.

A class blog demonstrating how students use blogs (PENZU) for their own work while the teacher keeps them on track with assignments in this blogspot blog.

This is a nice list of strategies, with links to explanations, of how you can find out what misperceptions they have. Useful for mutiple ages.