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Occupational Health & Safety: Writing

Report Writing & Note Taking

This guide from Leeds University covers various methods of note taking.
Effective ways to take good notes in class and in research, from EBSCO.
Purdue Online Writing Lab website has a guide on General Writing Resources.
How to write a thesis statement, from EBSCO -- The thesis statement is the cornerstone of your paper.

Below are resources to help you with report writing.

Handbooks

To browse the BCIT Library shelves for books on writing view the call # starting with:

Academic and Report writing	LB 2369
Technical/Scientific writing	T 11

Thinking on the Page: a college student's guide to effective writing
Call Number: P 301.5 A27 H96 2015
Academic writing : an introduction
Call Number: PE 1408 G54 2009
Useful tips on writing a term paper.
Successful Scientific Writing: a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences
Call Number: R 119 M28 2014
Writing Science in Plain English
Call Number: T 11 G6814 2013
Business communications essentials
Call Number: HF 5718 B96 2016
One of the authors is Jean A. Scribner (Program Head, Curriculum, Communication Department, British Columbia Institute of Technology)

BCIT Writing Centre

The Writing Centre services offers assistance to students.

ebooks -- click on the images to access the books

The Rowman and Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources

Writing in College: from competence to excellence

Building blocks of academic writing

Composition and literature: a handbook and anthology

I Think and Write, Therefore You Are Confused: Tehnical Writing and The Language Interface