Writing Resources on the World Wide Web

• Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scientific Writing (MIT only).
• Reference
• General
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (MIT only)
• Technical
• Free On Line Dictionary of Computing
• NASA Thesaurus
• Other
• Britannica Online (MIT only)
• Guides, Handbooks
• General
• The American Heritage® Book of  English Usage
• Elements of Style 1st Ed., William Strunk, Jr.
• The King's English by H. W. Fowler
• Purdue Online Writing Lab Handouts by Subject
• Style Exercises from New Mexico State University
• The Allan K. Smith Writing Center, Trinity College
• Writing Tools, Harvard University Writing Center
• Writing Resources for Students and Faculty, University of Texas
• Technical
• Guidelines for Author Preparation of NASA Reports
• Johns Hopkins Scientific Writing Page
• RPI Writing Handouts
• NASA Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization:  A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
• Citation Formats for Internet Information
• University of Toronto Engineering Writing Centre: Resources for Engineers and Technical Writers
• Presentations
• Frank Kschischang's "Giving A Talk"
• Online Technical Writing Textbooks
• EMOTE: Electronic Multimedia Online Textbook in Engineering (MIT only)
• Internet Technical Writing Course Guide (online textbook by David McMurrey)
• The oldest and best textbook on argumentation
• The Rhetoric by Aristotle
• Helpful Links for Short Expository Writing Assignments
• "Revising Your Paper: Higher Order Concerns and Lower Order Concerns," Purdue Online Writing Center
• "Purposes of Paragraphs," Harvard Writing Center
• What is an Argument," Harvard Writing Center
• English as a Second Language Home Page

• Computer Science
• NCSTRL: the search engine for computer science technical reports
• The Chicago Journal of Theoretical Computer Science
• Other technical fields
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report Server
• Langley Technical Report Server
• Oak Ridge National Lab Review
• Architronic: Electronic Journal of Architecture
• Periodicals relevant to chemical and process engineering

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