Writing Resources Library
Our resources library features all of the tips and suggestions from our "Guided Tour" of the writing process, but organized alphabetically by title. It also features resources that, due to the specific nature of their topic or audience, do not appear in the "Guided Tour." (Examples include discipline-specific writing information, tips for writing at the graduate level, creative writing resources, etc.) The resource library, like any library, is a work in progress--we expand our resources and enhance their effectiveness whenever we can.
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Alphabetical Library Listing
All of our tips, suggestions, and exercises, viewable and printable.
- Avoiding Writers Block
Category >> The Rough Drafting Process: Early Global Revision
- Coming Up With a Topic You Want to Write About
Category >> Finding a Great Topic
- Double-Checking Your Outline for Comprehensiveness
Category >> Creating an Organizational Plan
- Exploring Contrary or Differing Ideas
Category >> Researching
- Familiarizing Yourself with Your Topic
Category >> Researching
- Finishing Your Outline: Next Steps
Category >> Creating an Organizational Plan
- Getting More from Exisiting Ideas/Expanding and Refining
Category >> The Drafting Process: Improving and Explaining Ideas
- In-Text Citations
Category >> Using Research Effectively
- Introducing and Following Up on Quotes, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Category >> Using Research Effectively
- Introduction/Conclusion Consistency
Category >> Attention to Final Details
- Is a Working Thesis Required
Category >> Developing a Working Thesis
- Locating Sources
Category >> Researching
- Paper Formatting Guidelines
Category >> Attention to Final Details
- Paying Attention to Specific Guidelines
Category >> Researching
- Perfecting Paragraphs
Category >> The Drafting Process: Improving and Explaining Ideas
- Plagiarism
Category >> Using Research Effectively
- Proofreading Strategies
Category >> Attention to Final Details
- Quotes, Paraphrases, and Summaries
Category >> Using Research Effectively
- Reverse Outline to Bring Ideas Together
Category >> The Drafting Process: Improving Organization
- Reverse Outlining for Paragraph Order
Category >> The Drafting Process: Improving Organization
- Supportable Thesis/Logic and Evidence
Category >> Developing a Working Thesis
- Thesis Claim Importance
Category >> Developing a Working Thesis
- Thinking About Audience in the Rough Draft
Category >> The Rough Drafting Process: Early Global Revision
- Tips on Using Outlines Effectively
Category >> Creating an Organizational Plan
- Transitioning Between Paragraphs
Category >> The Drafting Process: Improving Organization
- Understandig the Purpose/Goals of an Assignment
Category >> Understanding an Assignment
- Understanding Audience and Addressing Different Audiences
Category >> Understanding an Assignment
- Understanding the Basic Guidelines of an Assigment
Category >> Understanding an Assignment
- Using Class Readings
Category >> Finding a Great Topic
- Using an Organizational Plan or Outline to Get Started
Category >> Creating an Organizational Plan
- Varying Sources
Category >> Researching
- What a Working Thisis Is
Category >> Developing a Working Thesis
- Why Your Topic Might Not Fit the Assignment
Category >> The Rough Drafting Process: Early Global Revision
- Works Cited
Category >> Using Research Effectively
- Works Cited/Bibliography Formatting
Category >> Attention to Final Details
- Writing a Great Conclusion
Category >> The Drafting Process: Improving and Explaining Ideas
- Writing a Great Introduction
Category >> The Drafting Process: Improving and Explaining Ideas