This page contains downloadable resources for writing well.
The PowerPoint documents act as self-contained lessons with practice exercises, while the PDFs are reading material.
Learning Documents
The Writing Process
Documents for starting and planning your writing
Academic Writing
Documents for improving your academic writing
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous documents
Diagrams and Illustrations
Video Lessons
Resources
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University (OWL) – Resources for formatting and citations for APA, MLA, and CMOS styles and other academic resources
Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards 2024 – A list of standards used for editing by Editors Canada
University of Toronto’s Advice on Academic Writing – Academic writing advice
Books
Essay Writing for Canadian Students with Readings (Davis & Davis) – Only the ninth edition has print copies, tenth edition is electronic only. For essay and research essay writing.
Technical Communication (Markel & Selber) – For creating effective technical documents
The Philosophy Student Writer’s Manual and Reader’s Guide (Graybosch, Scott, & Garrison) – Philosophy essay writing guide
A Student’s Guide to Reading and Writing Philosophy Essays (Lewis Vaughn) – Philosophy essay writing guide
Style Guides
The Chicago Manual of Style – The CMOS style guide
Turabian – A Manual for Writers – A student-friendly CMOS style guide
American Psychological Association Style – The APA style guide
Modern Language Association Handbook – The MLA style guide
American Medical Association Manual of Style – The AMA style guide
The Canadian Style – The Canadian Style guide for standard for English language usage in Canada
The Canadian Press Stylebook – The Canadian standard style for journalism
The Associated Press Stylebook – The AP style guide; American journalism standard style
Council of Science Editor’s Scientific Style and Format – The CSE style guide for scientific publishing
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