WAC/WID Resources

Some WAC Websites

MIT: http://web.mit.edu/writing/
Useful resources on writing for students, on teaching writing for teachers, and guidance for ESL students. On-line guides to various citation styles.

MIT Open Courseware: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/index.htm
The web page for open courses at MIT in a variety of disciplines. All course assignments are available on PDF files.

Purdue Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Purdue University ’s online guides to writing (process, style, grammar) and the APA and MLA style guides

UNC Writing Center: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/
This website for the Writing Center at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill offers “handouts” with extensive lists of guides to writing the paper, grammar & mechanics, specific writing assignments, and writing for specific fields. The site’s faculty resources section provides faculty with guides and handouts to effectively implement writing in class.

Kressage Library, Oakland University Library: http://www.kl.oakland.edu/online_resources/studentwriting.htm
This site lists the links to websites on writing from various colleges. The topics listed include writing the research paper, plagiarism, citation (APA, MLA, Chicago, and other), grammar, and writing an annotated bibliography

Concordia University ( British Columbia): http://www.cu-portland.edu/library/topic_guide.cfm?topicid=31
Sample papers and writings on the subject of business and technical writing, humanities, natural and applied sciences, a guide to writing an annotated bibliography and guides to citation styles (APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian)

CalTech: http://writing.caltech.edu/resources/
A list of links to websites on the topics of library research, the writing process, plagiarism and citation, writing different types of papers (e.g. research paper, lab report, cover letters, graduate school essays), grammar and style, ESL, oral and visual presentation, and resources for instructors.

Dartmouth: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/index.shtml
The site includes online writing materials for students, faculty, and writing tutors. The student section provides advice on writing an academic paper and writing for various disciplines. The faculty materials include pedagogies, methods, and suggestions for writing assignments for various disciplines.

University of Wisconsin: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/index.html
This web page includes the on-line writer’s handbook and guides to Writing Across the Curriculum including how to integrate writing into a course and sample writing assignments for various courses in different disciplines.