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Essay writing

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Advice on Academic Writing: Tips on writing assignments from instructors at the University of Toronto. Topics range from general skills to specific writing formats and guides for non-native English speakers.
Author: University of Toronto
Subjects: essay writing, writing skills
DeweyClass: 808.02
Resource type: guide
Basic Guide to Essay Writing: Provides a step-by-step guide to the process of planning and writing essays. Includes information on identifying a suitable topic, outlining ideas, writing the introduction, body, and conclusion, and adding any finishing touches.
Author: Livingston, Kathy
Subjects: essay writing
DeweyClass: 378.1
Resource type: guide
Best of English Essays: Free online access to an extensive range of English essays. Authors include Fracis Bacon, Lord Byron, Charles Darwin, and William Makepeace Thackeray.
Author: Landry, Peter
Subjects: essay writing, text collections
DeweyClass: 824
Resource type: essay collection
College Board Online: Information and resources to help US school students make a successful transition to higher education. Includes a searchable database that matches students to colleges, a financial-aid calculator, and an online essay evaluation service.
Author: College Entrance Examination Board
Subjects: essay writing, higher education students, united states education
DeweyClass: 378.73
Resource type: documents
Essay Planning: Brief guidance notes on essay planning, extracted from two commercial computer-learning programs.
Author: Mantex
Subjects: essay writing
DeweyClass: 378.1
Resource type: guide
Evil House of Cheat: Collection of over 9500 essays, papers and reports in over 40 categories for school, college, and university students. Descriptions include title and summary, length and grade, author information and grader's comments. Basic searches are free, full database access requires subscription.
Author: Schriver, Jens, Cybersoft
Subjects: educational assessment, essay writing
DeweyClass: 378.1
Resource type: essay collection
Get Ready for University Study: Set of tutorial guides aimed primarily at students new to university, with introductions to key study skills. Includes advice on studying effectively, giving presentations, writing essays and exam revision, and is aided by tips from students available as MP3 files. A section is also provided on managing information, encompassing aspects of critical thinking.
Author: Edinburgh Napier University
Subjects: essay writing, higher education, study skills
DeweyClass: 378.17
Resource type: documents, images, interactive guide
Mantex Information Design - Resources for Learning, Writing, and Business: Set of student guidance notes available in Word and HTML covering Essay Planning, How to use Quotations, Essay Instruction Terms, Graphic Presentation, Academic Writing Skills, Referencing Electronic Sources, Taking Notes, Page Layout, Essay Presentation, Use of English, Use of Apostrophes, Document Design, and How to Fail your Dissertation.
Author: Mantex 2000
Subjects: essay writing, writing skills
DeweyClass: 808.4
Resource type: guides
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: Aims to aid writers by concentrating on helping students conceive a writing product, rather than giving detailed instructions on grammar and style. Includes information on organising, revising and editing work and writing various types of essay. Sections are accompanied by activities which incorporate the concepts.
Author: Guilford, Chuck
Subjects: essay writing, writing skills
DeweyClass: 808.02
Resource type: guide
Writing Argumentative Essays: Curriculum unit designed to teach students how to write short argumentative essays. Topics include providing support for debatable statements (or premises) and using connectives and paragraphs in a larger argumentative text.
Author: Daly, Bill
Subjects: essay writing
DeweyClass: 808
Resource type: essays, guide