GWS Video-Shorts Series

We try to keep videos in this series is under 5 minutes because we know your time is precious. Each video deals with one aspect of writing, and is produced by the staff of Lehigh University's Graduate Writers' Studio. Let us know if you have topic  for which you would like to see a video. 

Tight Paragraphs

Run-on Sentences

Fellowship Writing

Examples of Successful Proposals from Lehigh Students

Ford Foundation - 2020

NSF GRFP - 2020

NSF GRFP 2021

Miscellaneous Resources

Defend and Publish - YouTube channel by writing support specialists with tips and tricks for graduate writers. Free content. 

Asana - Online project manager that may help you manage that long-term writing project. Free and pay versions available. 

Academic Phrasebank - General resource for academic writers that provides examples of some typical phrases used in academic writing.

Pivot-RP - Database of potential funding sources. 

PRISMA: Transparent Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses - PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. PRISMA primarily focuses on the reporting of reviews evaluating the effects of interventions, but can also be used as a basis for reporting systematic reviews with objectives other than evaluating interventions (e.g. evaluating aetiology, prevalence, diagnosis or prognosis).

LU Library Resources

The library is an integral part of the writing process, and these are the general steps of the writing process. Though they are presented here in a linear fashion, we all know writing in real life rarely flows in an orderly manner from step 1 through step 5. So, remember to visit these libguides early and often throughout your writing process. Also, no part of the writing process is bound within a certain practice; thus, you might find that information between libguides overlaps. This is great for you because it means important concepts are provided in a variety of places; thus, if you miss one in one place, you get it in another.

Developing an Idea – As writers, and we are all writers, before we can do anything, we need to work (or write) our way into an idea. Here are some libguides that you might find useful for this kind of work:

Researching a Topic – When we have an idea (or ideas), we can’t just rely on what we have stored in our brains, we need to go looking to see what other people in our fields and others have already said on this topic. Here are some libguides that you might find useful as you research your great ideas:

Writing – Ah, “writing,” that catch-all phrase. Here at the GWS, we understand the whole process outlined here to be “writing,” but when most people talk about “writing,” they mean the creation of alphabetic text meant to communicate a thought or idea to yourself or to others. So, we’ll go with that for this particular discussion. Here are some libguides that you might find useful as you write to learn and to communicate your knowledge:

Citing and Formatting – We may have an interesting and important topic, and we may have done our research and really know what we are talking about; however, U.S. academic culture also requires that we properly cite the work of others who helped us get to the great idea we are communicating today. We also need to be sure we are following the delivery (formatting) conventions of our fields. Here are some libguides that you might find useful as you do this work:

Publishing – Nobody wants a great idea to die in a classroom, conference, or thesis! Here are some libguides you might find useful as you work from localized writing to publishable writing:

If you are looking for more field- or discipline-specific help, there are libguides that have been created for a variety of disciplines. If you still can’t find what you are looking for, please reach out to the GWS, your subject librarian, or your professor.

All library guides were created and are provided by your helpful Lehigh University Subject Librarians.