OWL Handouts from Purdue University

  Memo Writing

  Business Letters: Accentuating the Positives
  Sales Letters

  Online Resume Tutorial
  Your Resume
  The Resume: Making it Work for You
  Resume Sections
  Skills List

  Online Cover Letter Tutorial
  Application Letters: How to Sell Yourself

  Letters Concerning Employment
  Writing the Personal Statement

  Revision in Business Writing

  Paraphrasing
  Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing

  Using Statistics

  Writing Report Abstracts
  Job Search Self Analysis

  Coherence
  Conciseness
  Sentence Variety
  Parallel Structure
  Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity

  Proofreading Strategies
   Proofreading Your Paper
  Editing and Proofreading Strategies for Revision
  Proofreading for Commas

  Paragraphing
  Sentence Fragments
   Using Commas  Exercises and Answers
  Commas After Introductions
   Run Ons - Comma Splices - Fused Sentences
  Commas vs. Semicolons in Compound Sentences
   Verb Tense Consistency
  Using Pronouns Clearly
  Dangling Modifiers
  Adjective or Adverb?
  Common Words That Sound Alike  

  APA Style
  MLA Style
  Resumes
  Cover Letters
  Memos
  Presentations
  Abstracts
  Revising Prose
  Lab Reports
  Gender Fair Language

    Bowling Green State University Writing Lab Handouts
    Sentence Combining
    Revising, Editing, & Proofreading
     Commas

    The Writing Center  at UW-Madison
    Clear Concise Sentences
    Semicolons
    Conjunctions and Adverbs
 

     Grammar  Slammer!
        Punctuation Rules
        Style and Usage
        Common Mistakes
        Glossary of Grammatical Terms

    Roane State Community College OWL
        Removing Word Clutter
        Tone and Audience Awareness 

       Microsoft PowerPoint  2003   
       Microsoft Excel   2003   
       Microsoft Word  2003   
       Microsoft Word  XP 2002  

General Study Skills

    Cramming
    Are You a Procrastinator?
    Overcoming Procrastination
    Procrastination: Ten Ways To "Do It Now"
    Overcoming Procrastination
    Overcoming Procrastination SELF-HELP PROGRAM
    Remembering What You Read
    Some Ways to Get More Out of Studying
    Stress Management
    Stress Management:TEN SELF-CARE TECHNIQUES
    Stress Management
    Test Anxiety
    Test Anxiety
    How to Proofread and Edit Your Writing
 

    Techniques to Manage Procrastination
    Learning to Listen to University Lectures
    Note-taking Formats
    General Strategies for Studying
    Effective Note-Taking
    A System for Effective Listening and Notetaking
    Review Strategies
    Ten Principles of Memory
    Preparing for Multiple Choice Exams
    Taking Objective Tests
    What is a well written answer to an essay question?
    Coping With Exams and Exam Anxiety
    Reducing Exam Anxiety and Improving Concentration
 

         Ten Secrets of Writing Business Letters
         Electronic Mail
         Writing Memos
         Business Letters
         Writing Abstracts
         Guide to Writing an Abstract

         Online Technical Writing: Contents
                                              Abstracts
                                              Report Format and Final Production
                                                  Sample Reports
        What is an abstract?
         Types of Letters
         Parts of a Letter
         Writing Business Letters and Addressing Envelopes
         Guide to Business Letters
         Persuasive Letters
         Business Writing Help

     Research Center