Who reviews our guides
Every guide is reviewed by a subject specialist on our team before it is published. All of our reviewers hold a master's degree or a PhD in the field they review. The reviewer checks that definitions, examples, formulas and rules are correct and match how the topic is taught and marked in Canadian and U.S. universities.
How a guide is made
- Topic choice. We write about questions students actually search for and ask us about, such as how to structure an APA lab report or the difference between confounding and extraneous variables.
- Research. We work from primary and authoritative sources: style manuals (APA, MLA, Chicago), professional and regulatory bodies (for example nursing colleges and associations), university guidance, official grade conversion tables and peer-reviewed research.
- Drafting. Drafts are prepared with the help of AI writing tools, working from those sources and from our own worked examples.
- Specialist review. A reviewer with a master's degree or PhD in the subject checks the draft line by line, corrects errors and removes anything that is vague or unsupported. Nothing is published without this review.
- Publication. Each guide shows its publication date and the date of its last update.
Accuracy and updates
We revisit guides when the rules they describe change, for example a new edition of a style manual, a revised documentation standard or a new grade conversion table. When we make a substantive change, we update the date shown on the guide.
Examples and samples
Worked examples and sample papers are written to show how a structure, method or argument works. They are for study and reference. Submitting them, or any part of them, as your own work would breach most universities' academic integrity rules.
Independence
We do not publish sponsored content or paid placements in our guides.
Report an error
If you find a mistake, email info@northessayhelp.com with the page link and what is wrong. A reviewer checks every report, and we correct confirmed errors promptly.
