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"A Free Guide to Writing Your Personal Statement" includes help with brainstorming and structure, in addition to how to write a personal statement as a narrative 

Michigan State U. Writing Center's "Quick Guide" podcasts on preparing for your appt.; how to have the best writing center appt.; how to write a paper; what you can do in 30 minutes

University of Washington's School of Law lists writing guides for legal writing

A large collection of handouts from Monash University. Topics range from general writing guides to style guides for writing across the disciplines

Guide to Swarthmore's Write-Ins program

Cedarville's writing center offers tutoring guides to papers in specific disciplines: lab reports in engineering, legal briefs, literary analysis, marketing, criminal justice, and many other fields.

A guide for learners of English as an additional language (EAL/ESL) from the University of Adelaide. Topics cover grammar (voice, tense, prepositions, etc.) and oral presentations. Online guides supplemented with video.

A guide for developing and using general and discipline-specific academic vocabularies.

A helpful guide to writing a proposal for a conference, posted on the website of the  National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing.

"An Interactive Guide to Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism" with a quiz, put together by Monmouth University Library

Baruch College's Writing Center has curated collections of handouts on various topics (writing process, analysis and argument, structure and organization, grammar, etc.). A large collection of handouts drawn from many colleges and universities.

"Unnecessary Hangups" (in praise of using machine-based self-instruction or guided self-study tools when budgets don't allow for large tutoring staffs); report from a new WC; "Three Sources for Writing Lab Tutors" (on using funding from Veteran Affairs to provide services for veterans on the G.I. Bill); "Usage Study at BYU" (on identifying effective instructional materials); mailing list

A guide for "Higher Education students in the UK, including non-native speakers." Topics cover a variety of grammar, style, and cultural concerns.

The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.  This is a very widely used site for open access materials on writing. Includes materials on research and citation, teacher and tutor resources, subject-specific writing, job search writing, ESL, MLA and APA guides, etc. 

Excerpts from the book "The Online Writing Conference," with examples and action steps.

a PowerPoint guide tailored to student needs from Carnegie Mellon's Global Communication Center

WriteCast: A Casual Conversation for Serious Writers. 10-minute episodes on writing process and concerns such as thesis, audience, paragraphs.

WriteCast: A Casual Conversation for Serious Writers is a monthly podcast on academic writing produced by the Walden University Writing Center.