UWP1: Introduction to Academic Literacies

Books are typically broad in scope and can be very helpful for providing context and orienting you to a topic.

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The UC Davis Library Catalog tells you what the library owns or has access to.

• Reading and Writing Strategies:
  • Authorship – psychological aspects
  • “Critical reading”
  • “English language rhetoric” AND “report writing”
  • “Reading comprehension”
  • “Writer’s block” OR “writing block*”
  • “Writing processes”

• Writing Genres and Communication Conventions:
  • “Academic writing”
  • “Business communication”
  • “Business writing”
  • Communication in <your field> e.g. communication in engineering
  • Legal composition
  • Medical writing
  • Proposal writing for grants
  • “Report writing” <your field> e.g. “report writing” psychology
  • “Scientific writing”
  • “Technical writing”
  • <your field> authorship e.g. “political science” authorship

See also: eBooks: Access Online Books During Library Building Closures