Writing Support Resources

Turnitin Course Instructions

Turnitin is a software application that allows you to check your research papers and dissertations electronically against all Internet and digitized documents to ensure adequate quoting, paraphrasing, and referencing. The software is now available to all GSEP students as a course on the Canvas platform, so you can now independently check your documents and prevent plagiarism.

All new students are sent a direct link to their Pepperdine email address to enroll in the Turnitin GSEP WS course. If you missed or did not receive the email, please contact gsep.writingsupport@pepperdine.edu to request the link.

GSEP has purchased a license with Grammarly@EDU available to currently enrolled GSEP students. New students will receive a direct invitation sent to their Pepperdine email address by around the 3rd week of the term. To sign up, you must remove any previous Grammarly accounts. If your invitation link has expired or you did not receive one, contact gsep.writingsupport@pepperdine.edu to join GSEP's subscription service.

Download the Apps
To ensure you get the most out of Grammarly, we have some additional helpful features for Internet browsers, emails, and the desktop! All components can be downloaded from https://app.grammarly.com/apps or at the links below:

• Desktop Apps

Browser extensions:

• Chrome
• Safari
• Firefox

• For general APA formatting help, go to https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines. Use the search bar to find information on specific formatting issues, such as "reference examples" or "overcitation."

• APA 7th PowerPoint Tutorial

• APA 7th Reference and Citation Guide

• APA 7th Edition Updates

• APA 7th Sample Student Paper

• ESL Grammar Resource Site (Rong Chang Lee, Ph.D): provides extensive information on common areas of concern for ESL students, with a focus on grammar and style.

• Capital Community College Foundation's sponsored Guide to Grammar and Writing: A comprehensive collection of grammar and writing topics, including an index of quizzes aimed at identifying and remedying common grammar issues; each quiz represents a different area of focus.

• Dissertation Requirements
• Dissertation Copyright Information
• All But Dissertation (ABD) Resources

Links to Dissertation Samples:

• Sample Systematic Review Psychology Dissertation (APA 7th edition)
• Sample Five-Chapter PhD Education Dissertation (APA 7th edition)

Links to some good school-specific sites that provide additional guidelines for developing and formatting dissertations:

• University of Michigan Resource Guide

• Writing With Clarity
• Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) - This is a good source for general writing resources as well as instructional materials. Contains an array of information ranging from ESL resources, to creative writing support and setting-specific writing guidelines.

• George Mason University’s Writing Center Quick Guides - A library of writing resource handouts available in a variety of formats.
• University of Toronto, Scarborough Writing Centre: Academic Style - Web page contains downloadable handouts on academic writing.
• English Club Grammar - Interactive Web page with an emphasis on Word-level and Sentence-level grammar.
• Writing Support Handouts:
  • Conquering Commas
  • Transitional Words and Phrases
  • Scholarly Writing Do's and Don'ts
  • Checklist for Scholarly Writing

• How To Avoid Plagiarism

Our YouTube channel provides recorded webinars from Pepperdine GSEP Writing Support services: Pepperdine GSEP: Writing Support on YouTube