Guidelines and requirements

 The reading material and some suggestions cf. below.

 For reference, look at these very detailed resources:

English for Academic Purposes http://www.uefap.com/

Advise for Academic Writing http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html 

The Writing Centre http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/

Citation http://www.library.ualberta.ca/guides/citation/index.cfm

              and here http://www.citationonline.net/9-home.asp

Cf. a list of references to other resources http://www.usingenglish.com/links/English_for_Special_Purposes/Academic_English/