Course Related Writing Resources

General Writing Resources

CI-H Advisor and CI-M Lecturer Contact Information

CI-H Classes and Writing Advisors

CI-M Classes and Lecturers

Writing Resources on the Web

• Mayfield Handbook of Technical & Scientific Writing (MIT only).
• Reference

• General
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (MIT only)
• Oxford English Dictionary (MIT only)
• OneLook Dictionaries - searches over 100 online dictionaries simultaneously
• Technical
• Free On Line Dictionary of Computing
• NASA Thesaurus
• Other
• Britannica Online (MIT only)

• Guides, Handbooks

• General          
• The American Heritage® Book of  English Usage
• The Columbia Guide to Standard American English
• Elements of Style 1st Ed., William Strunk, Jr.
• The King's English by H. W. Fowler
• Purdue Online Writing Lab Handouts by Subject
• Writing Resources, Harvard University Writing Center
• Writing Center, Colorado State University
• MIT Writing Center: Citation
• APA (American Psychological Association)
• CSE (Coucil of Science Editors)
• Chicago Manual of Style Online
• CMS citation
• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
• MLA (Modern Language Association)
• MIT Writing Center: Avoiding Plagarism
• Technical       
• Guidelines for Author Preparation of NASA Reports
• Johns Hopkins Style Guides
• RPI Writing Handouts
• NASA Guide to Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization:  A Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors
• University of Toronto Engineering Writing Centre: Resources for Engineers and Technical Writers

• Presentations
• Frank Kschischang's "Giving A Talk"

• Online Technical Writing Textbooks

• Internet Technical Writing Course Guide (online textbook by David McMurrey)

• The oldest and best text 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
• "Topic Sentences and Signposting," Harvard Writing Center
• “Overview of Academic Essay," Harvard Writing Center
• English as a Second Language Home Page

• Online Technical Publications
• Computer Science           
• NCSTRL: the search engine for computer science technical reports 
• The Chicago Journal of Theoretical Computer Science
• Other Fields        
• Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Report Server
• Langley Technical Report Server
• Oak Ridge National Lab Review

Last revised January 15, 2008

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