Guides: Professional Writing Guide: Finding Books

General Guides to Writing

Here are a few general writing guides. For genre or discipline-specific guides, click on the links above.

To find more books like these, use the WPI Library Search box.

If the Gordon Library doesn't have the books you need, search in WorldCat. The library can get books from WorldCat using interlibrary loan.

A Student's Writing Guide: How to Plan and Write Successful Essays by Gordon Taylor
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 0521729793
Publication Date: 2009
This text covers everything a student needs to know about writing essays and papers in the humanities and social sciences. Starting from the common difficulties students face, it gives practical examples of all the stages necessary to produce a good piece of academic work.
The Elements of Style by William Strunk; E. White; William Strunk
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 020530902X
Publication Date: 2011
This book provides advice on grammar, diction, syntax, sentence construction, and other writing essentials.The author identifies the principal requirements of proper American English style and concentrates on the most often violated rules of composition.
Team Writing: A guide to working in groups by Joanna Wolfe
Call Number: HD66 W645 2010
ISBN: 0312565828
Publication Date: 2009
This is a brief guide about how to collaborate to produce a major written document. It focuses on the role of written communication in teamwork. It teaches students how to use written documentation to manage a team; It shows how written communication can help technical writing students contribute to team projects in a meaningful way.
Writing Guide with Handbook by Michelle Bachelor Robinson; Maria Jerskey; Toby Fulwiler (Featuring)
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781951693473
Publication Date: 2021-12-15
Writing Guide with Handbook aligns to the goals, topics, and objectives of many first-year writing and composition courses. It is organized according to relevant genres, and focuses on the writing process, effective writing practices or strategies—including graphic organizers, writing frames, and word banks to support visual learning—and conventions of usage and style.

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Library of Congress Call Numbers

The WPI Library utilizes the Library of Congress (LC) system for the physical book collection. Call numbers in the LC Classification System use a mix of letters and numbers but always start with one, two, or three letters. If you want to browse the shelves in the library you may want to start at the following:

HF	1-9960	Commerce
	5721	Commercial Correspondence
		Communication in Management
PE	1-3729	English Language
	1115	Business English
	1475	Technical English
Q	1-385	Science (General)
	223	Communication in Science
T	1-995	Technology (General)
	11	Technical Writing

ILLiad: Borrowing from other Libraries

Our Interlibrary Loan service allows WPI students and faculty to request items from other libraries free of charge.