College Writing Program
Resources for Writers
Writing Resources on the Web
This page offers links to resources that can help writers with a wide range of concerns, from finding interesting topics through revising, editing, and proofreading. These resources will suggest many options for solving writing problems, but it's up to the writer to choose the right approach. That's one reason why reading a handout can never take the place of a consultation with a fellow writer; when you would like help applying the strategies described in these resources, come visit the Writing Fellows or Writing Center.
- Prewriting and Planning
- Thought Starters (Purdue), Discovering, Brainstorming (UT Austin)
- Critical Reading (University of Toronto)
- Organizing
- Developing an Outline
- Thesis Development and Argumentation
- Argumentative Essays
- Thesis/Support Essays
- Problem-Posing and Thesis Statements (Temple)
- Revision
- Higher-Order and Lower-Order Concerns (Purdue)
- Revising
- Citation and Use of Sources
- Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
- Citation Styles (University of Illinois)
- Research and Documenting Sources (Purdue)
- Writing and Citing (UR Library)
- Citation in Various Disciplines (Bedford)
- Citation and Style Guide (Concordia)
- Editing & Sentence -Level Concerns
- Attending to Style (Dartmouth)
- Adding Emphasis (Purdue)
- Conciseness (Purdue)
- Coherence (Purdue)
- Editing
- Editing and Proofreading Strategies (Purdue)
- Editing Strategies (Colorado State University)
- Sentence Variety (Purdue)
- Grammar and Usage
- Punctuation (Paraskevas)
- Writer's Grammar (Paraskevas)
- Grammar Terms (Paraskevas)
- Strunk's The Element of Style
- Writing in the Disciplines
- Writing for Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities (Dartmouth)
- Guides to Writing in the Disciplines (U of Hawaii)
- Writing Biology Laboratory Reports
- Writing History
- Guides Created by Writing Fellows in Consultation with Faculty
- Writing in Anthropology
- Writing in Biology
- Writing in Computer Science
- Writing in Economics
- Writing in Engineering
- Writing in Film
- Writing in Different Disciplines History/Religion
- Writing in Philosophy
- Writing Personal Statements
- Personal Statement Resources (UT Austin)
- Writing the Graduate School Application
- Writing Applications