Writing CenterOnline Resources

The Writing Center has developed printable (PDF) handouts on a variety of topics:

• Developing as a Writer: Activities for Reflection and Planning
• Reverse Outlining
• Revising an Academic Essay
• Speak up: Preparing an Engaging Presentation
• Writing While Researching

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The following web sites present relevant advice, examples, and instruction on a broad range of writing topics, from process to genre to mechanical. Each would be a good starting place for searching for specific guides or topics. 

• Harvard College Writing Center Strategies for Essay Writing includes guides to various aspects of writing academic essays. It is process-oriented, meaning that it leads student writers through the steps of reading the assignment prompt, generating ideas, outlining, and so on.
• The Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) includes detailed guides to citation styles, writing process strategies, academic genres, ESL resources, and job-search writing.
• The University of North Carolina's Writing Center Tips and Tools includes handouts and instructional videos on parts of the writing process, on writing in specific disciplines and genres, and on sentence-level and stylistic topics. 
• The UW-Madison Writer's Handbook hosts a broad range of guides to aspects of the writing process, argumentation, and genres.

• The Writing Process: preparing to write, obstacles to writing, outlining, revising, proofreading
• Academic Writing: guides to conventions common in North American academic writing, such as argument, thesis statements, structure, style
• Using Sources: citation guides and resources on effective and ethical use of sources.
• Writing in Specific Disciplines and Genres includes guides to writing in the sciences, using case studies, professional writing, and writing for a job search or application.
• Public Speaking & Preparing Presentations
• Frost Library's Quick Reference page lists online reference sources, from dictionaries to maps to encyclopedias.
• English Grammar and Usage
• Multilingual Writing