Online Resources

Personal Statement

• Writing the Personal Statement: Workshop Handout
• Escribiendo una declaración personal

Literature Review

• Literature review handout and using a synthesis matrix
• Escribiendo una revisión de literatura y usando una matriz de síntesis
• Use this blank Word document to organize your work. You can also create your own document.
• Literature Reviews: An overview for graduate students (video - North Carolina State University)
• Learn how to write a review of literature (website - The Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Letter of Recommendation

• How to ask for a letter of recommendation
• Como pedir una carta de recomendación

Grammar/Citations

• MLA format (Purdue OWL)
• APA format (Purdue OWL)
• Turabian citation style aka Chicago style
• AMA style (New York Medical College)
• The twenty common writing errors (from Lunsford's St. Martin's Handbook, 6e - Texan Tech University)

Resumes

Sample resumes can be found via FIU Career and Talent Development.

Research Tool

RefWorks is more than a citation generator. It will allow you to import references easily into a master bibliography and create folders for specific research projects. It has a simple tutorial that explains how to use its features.