With millions of academic papers being published each year—close to an estimated three million in 2020 alone—scholars often struggle to make their work stand out. While no one has been able to nail ...

The DePauw University Style Guide provides writing style standards for publications created for DePauw’s external audiences. Also included are examples of correct grammar and forms about which people ...

AI tools like ChatGPT are becoming integral to academic writing, but their use raises questions about ethics, transparency, and formatting. Major style guides such as APA and MLA now provide explicit ...

Citing sources is an important part of academic writing. Different disciplines use different citation styles. Organizations that have developed citation styles publish a style guide, or manual, which ...

As of early 2026, the University of North Texas has updated its academic integrity policy to explicitly prohibit the use of AI tools in coursework unless explicitly permitted by instructors, creating ...

Communicating the worth of your work to the academic world – and beyond – starts with writing. Writing for a journal, turning your work into a book or reviewing existing research all require distinct ...