USNA Guide to Documentation

This guide should be your first stop when looking for help citing and documenting sources in academic papers and essays.  It provides an overview of the various documentation formats in use across the USNA curriculum and is particularly tailored to the needs and interests of midshipmen.

General Writing Help

Here you can find links to other useful writing sites on the internet.  Browse how-to articles from some of the nation's leading writing centers and find information on writing in disciplines other than the humanities.

Research and Documentation

Planning and writing a research paper can sometimes be a daunting task, so we've collected links to several resources that will help you streamline the paper-writing process.  Visit the websites of frequently used documentation styles and discover how to more effectively integrate internet sources into a research project.

Writing Workshop Schedule

Each semester the Writing Center sponsors a series of writing workshops.  These events are open to all interested midshipmen and range in scope from seminars on professional communication to workshops for poetry and creative writing.