Helpful Links
Writing and Reading for the Sciences
How to Read a Scientific Article (Rice University)
Reading Scientific Articles as a Non-Scientist
Writing a Scientific Research Article (Columbia University)
Grammar, Style, and Punctuation
Jack Lynch: "Guide to Grammar and Style"
Automatic Writing Evaluation Tools
Corpora and Dictionaries
Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA)
A set of tutorials on how to use COCA to improve word choice and grammar in writing
Tutorials on using Word and Phrase to explore words in context, synonyms, and collocates
Netspeak tutorial on how to search for common phrases
Ozdic - Collocation Dictionary
Word Reference - Bilingual dictionary
Writing in Specific Disciplines
Brief Guides to Writing in the Disciplines
Writing Guides for Specific Disciplines
Personal Statements
Writing Personal Statements for College - Video, UCLA
Writing Personal Statements for the Health Professions - Video Workshop, Johns Hopkins University