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Genre-Specific Writing Resources

The resources listed here have been selected because they are written to help students understand the thinking, form, and style of writing that are appropriate to a variety of genre-specific writing assignments and real-world writing situations that they may encounter in the university and beyond.

Abstracts [click to show/hide]

Annotated Bibliographies [click to show/hide]

Executive Summaries [click to show/hide]

Colorado State University Writing Guide: Executive Summaries
"Executive Summaries Complete the Report" by G. Jay Christensen, CSU-Northridge
Writing an Executive Summary from the Howe Writing Initiative, Farmer School of Business, at Miami University; see also, Executive Summary Example

Lab Reports [click to show/hide]

On Writing Lab Reports, Steven Barwick, UC-Irvine
LabWrite at North Carolina State University
How to Write a Lab Report (PDF), archived by Julie Roche, Ohio University

Literature Reviews [click to show/hide]

Doing Successful Literature Reviews, George Washington University
Writing a Psychology Literature Review (PDF - good for literature reviews in the social sciences, generally), Psychology Writing Center, University of Washington
The Literature Review - A Few Tips on Conducting It, University of Toronto

Memos [click to show/hide]

Writing Business Memos Handout, George Mason University Writing Center
Memo Writing, The OWL at Purdue
Handbook: The Memo, University of Toronto
Memo on Memo Writing, Roosevelt Institution

Policy Briefs / White Papers [click to show/hide]

How to Write a Policy Memorandum, Mishkat Al-Moumin, George Mason University
Writing a White Paper, The OWL at Purdue
Writing a Policy Brief, Prof. Kellee Tsai, Johns Hopkins University
The Policy Brief (PDF), hosted by International Policy Fellowships

Poster Sessions [click to show/hide]

Developing Poster Presentations in the Natural Sciences, George Mason University Writing Center
Developing Poster Presentations in the Social Sciences, George Mason University Writing Center
Colorado State Writing Guide: Poster Sessions
Advice on designing scientific posters, Colin Purrington, Swarthmore College
Poster Presentations, a compendium of resources housed by University of Buffalo Libraries

Proposal Writing [click to show/hide]

The Elements of a Proposal, Frank Pajares, Emory University
Outline for Research Proposals, Prof. Lynn Santelmann, Portland State University
Quick Guide to Research: How to Write a Good Proposal, Office of Research Services, McMaster University
Dissertation Proposal Workshop, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
How to Write a Winning Proposal and Get Those Grants!, University of Virginia

Resumé and Job Search Writing [click to show/hide]

Resumés, The Writing Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Colorado State University Writing Guides: Creating Resumés
Workplace Writers, The OWL at Purdue
Job-Search Documents, Career Center, Ball State University

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