LibGuides: College Mentoring: Resources and Helpful Links

APA Style of Writing

APA Guide for Preparing Manuscripts for Publication
Learn the characteristics of a strong journal article straight from the APA.
APA Writing Style
This is APA's website on utilizing the APA format when writing.
Purdue Online Writing Lab
APA guidelines easily demonstrated on this website.
My Experience in Publishing in an APA Journal
Get a personal experience report on publishing for an APA journal from this blogger.
Writing in APA Style for Literature Review
Get the basics on how to write in APA style for a published literature review.

Sample APA Papers

APA Sample Paper
This sample paper for experiments.
Literature Review
Owl Purdue offers this sample Literature Review APA paper
Sample APA Research Paper
The APA research model demonstrates the appropriate style for writing.

Conducting your Researach

Strategies for Conducting Research
This website gives you a step-by-step process for conducting your research.
University of Kansas Community Toolbox
Chapter One focuses on how to conduct your research.
University of Venda
Guidelines for conducting research are offered by the University of Venda.

Best Practices and Models of Faculty Advising and Coaching and Mentoring

Best Practices for Coaching and Mentoriing
See how organizations outside of academia are broaching the topic of coaching and mentoring,
Book: Creating Mentoring and Coaching Programs: Twelve Case Studies from the Real ...
Interesting approach to mentoring through emails and other electronic forums.
Book: Evidence Based Coaching Handbook: Putting Best Practices to Work for Your .
Take a look at the Table of Contents and other previews of this book on coaching.
Brandman University: Dual MOdel of Academic Advising and Faculty Mentoring
This is a fully on-line campus which designed a dual-model of faculty advisement.
Coaching the Coaches
This resource gives the coach suggestions on improving the coaching and mentoring process.
Cognitive Apprenticeship in Edicatonal Practice Research on Scaffolding, Modeling, Mentoring, and Coaching as Instructional Strategies
This site provides information on cognitive apprenticeships.
Drexel University: Handbook for faculty and advisors
Click on the url, then download the faculty handbook....the Adobe file should appear at the bottom of your screen.
Missouri State University: Best Practices for Advising in Departments/Advisement Centers
Missouri State University gives information on faculty advising within the departments.
Penn State Coaching and Mentoring: Building Bridges
Basic information on Coaching and Mentoring, with much more.
Penn State, The Mentor
Four strategies for coaching and mentoring
Specific Clinical Strategies
This is an annotated bibliography by Howie and Hewett on various topics including action research, coaching, peer coaching and much more.
The Effects of Student Coaching in College: An Evaluation of a Randomized Experiment in Student Mentoring
See how this Stanford University research ties coaching to student completion.
Univerity at Albany Handbook for Mentoring Best Practices
Chapter 3 is highlighted where you can see the guidelines and resources for mentoring.
University of Albany
This database includes a handbook for mentoring best practices.
University of Kansas Toolbox
This is a resource from a model university on effecting change within the community. Chapter 8 is on Action Research and may be found under the Action Research tab.
What is a Faculty and Learning Community?

Ted Talk on Mentoring

Writing for Publication

Writing your Paper

Citation Machine.

Learn how to cite your references through the APA Style through this APA citation machine.

Tidy Form templates.

Website with free action plan templates for download.

Vojtek, R., & Vojtek, R. O. (1998). Action plan goes to the heart. Journal Of Staff Development, 19(3), 61-63.

How to express your goals, and other important information when developing and writing about your action plan.

How to Write A Research Article for the American Archivist
This article gives the reader tips on writing for publication.
Scholarly Writing for Publication
This link is sponsored by Purdue University and gives helpful hints on writing for publication.
Ten Tips on Writing for Academic Publication
This is an Higher Education Blog and offers tips for publishing for academic journals.

Other Resources

Resources for Teacher Leaders
This website has a host of information from coaching and mentoring to making presentations and writing for publication.
MDC Criteria for the Use of Students and Data in Research