Below, you will find links to WSIP "Tips" sheets, additional WSIP handouts, and quality writing-related materials from outside organizations.
Have fun browsing the lists below—and please let us know if you would like us to add resources on any other writing topics. You may reach us at writingskills@arizona.edu or (520) 621-5849.
WSIP Tips
- Tips for Creating Transitions
- Tips for Efficient Sentences
- Tips for Overcoming Writer's Block
- Tips for Paraphrasing
- Tips for Reducing Awkwardness
- Tips for Timed Exams
- Tips for Using "That" and "Which"
- Tips for Writing during Breaks
- Tips for Writing Grants
- Tips for Writing a Literature Review
- Tips for Writing a Statement of Purpose
WSIP General Handouts
Resources for Graduate Student Writers
- Abstracts Handout (UNC Writing Center)
- Academic Phrasebank
- Engineering Communication Online Handbook (U Toronto)
- Graduate Writing Success - Quick Tips and Resources (Think Tank)
- My Grad Skills Professionalization – Free Course Modules
- The Not-So-Secret Guide to Dissertating
- On the Value of Dissertation Writing Groups
- UA Graduate Center's Writing and Publishing Page
- Writing Research Papers: From Idea to Publication (Video)
- UA Grad Center ABD to PhD Workshops
General Writing Resources
- APA Video - What Is APA Style?
- APA Documentation Resource
- Hemingway Interactive Grammar App
- Plagiarism - Avoid Plagiarism
- Plagiarism - Understanding and Preventing Plagiarism
- Technical Writing - Tips for Writing Technical Papers
- Technical Writing - Writing Technical Articles
- "College Guide to Preventing Plagiarism"
- "7 Ways to Overcome Writer's Block"
Resources for Multilingual Writers
Places to Write
- WSIP Online Writing Room (Open to all writers, including those not associated with the University of Arizona))
- Graduate Center Writing Efficiency Group
- Writing Center at the Think Tank
Additional Resources
- National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (free to UA faculty, postdocs, and graduate students)
- UA Libraries Guide to Find Your Librarian
- UA Writing & Learning Project
- Strategic Alternative Learning Center Resources Page
- How to Start a Student Blog (and other Resources)
- How to Make an Online Portfolio
Writing for Job Applications
- WSIP Job Market Preparation for any client
- Pima County Public Library
- Student Engagement & Career Development for University of Arizona students
- Career Support for University of Arizona graduate students