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 to the left.

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

If the Gordon Library doesn't have the books you need, search in WorldCat from the link to the left. The library can get books from WorldCat using interlibrary loan, which is linked from the bottom of this page.

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: 2000
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.

ILLiad: Borrowing from other Libraries

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