Writing Resources

Online Writing Lab - Purdue University

This site is a comprehensive online database of English writing. Abounding with detailed explanations, samples, and exercises, it provides guidance in virtually every field—business, academia, the sciences, journalism, to name a few.

North American Style

From Harvard Office of Career Services:

• Resumes & Cover Letters for Bachelor's Students (PDF 453kb)
• Resumes & Cover Letters for Master’s Students (PDF 660kb)
• Resumes & Cover Letters for PhD Candidates (PDF 1.2mb)

From the University of California Berkeley Career Center:

• Manual for Resumes and Cover Letters (PDF 323kb)

Key differences between European CV and US Resume (article)

British Style

From the Oxford University Careers Service:

• Writing a Cover Letter (instructions and samples)
• Writing a CV (instructions and samples)
• Application Forms

Duke University
Scientific Writing Resource

A website with step-by-step lessons and worksheets on basic principles of style in scientific writing

Scitable - Nature Education
English Communication for Scientists

An excellent website from Nature with guidelines and examples for every facet of scientific communication

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace - Joseph M. Williams

Writing for Science and Engineering - Heather Silyn-Roberts

Academic Writing for Graduate Students - John M. Swales and Christine B. Feak

Writing Science in Plain English - Anne E. Greene

The Sense of Style - Steven Pinker