For general writing information that will help you develop your work report:
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University of Waterloo Library Writing Assistance – check "Grammar" and "General Writing Assistance" for more links.
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UW Math Undergraduate Office – the math homepage offers some general work report guidelines and writing help. (If you're not in math, sections 4.1, 4.3, 5.3, and 5.5 probably do not apply to you)
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Carnegie Mellon University's Writer's Style Guide – great for abbreviations, capitalization, punctuation, dates, numbers, places, punctuation, commonly misused words, and technological phrases.
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Guide to Grammar and Writing – discusses problems at the word, paragraph, and paper level; provides comprehensive grammar information.
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Guide to Grammar and Style – supplies an alphabetical list of style suggestions and common grammar mistakes.
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Online English Grammar – provides comprehensive grammar guidelines.
- Interactive Grammar Quiz - Test your grasp of punctuation, common verb and pronoun errors, sentence structure, and usage. If you get a question wrong, you can review a brief explanation of the underlying grammatical principle. If you score 100%, fireworks appear!
The following books can also assist you. The call numbers show their location in the University of Waterloo libraries.
- Andrews, G.C. and H.C. Ratz, 1995. Introduction to Professional Engineering. 5th edition. Sanford Educational Press, Waterloo (TA 158.A62x 1995)
- Barrass, Robert, 1978. Scientists Must Write: a guide to better writing for scientists, engineers, and students. Chapman and Hall, London . (T11.B37 1978 OPT)
- Coggins, Gordon A., 1977. A Guide to Writing Essays and Research Papers. Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., Toronto. (LB 2369.C6 PORTER, STJ)
- Co-operative Education and Career Action, 1982. Guidelines for writing your work-term report. University of Waterloo, Waterloo. (T11.G84x 1982 DAVIS, PORTER, STJ)
- Gibaldi, Joseph, 1995. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 4th edition. Modern Language Association of America, New York . (LB2369.G53 1995 CONRAD, PORTER, REN, STJ)
- Houp, Kenneth W., 1995. Reporting Technical Information. 8th edition. Allyn and Bacon, Boston. (T11.H59 1995 DAVIS )
- Hubbach, Susan M, 1985. Writing research papers across the curriculum. 2nd edition. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston , New York . (LB2369.H83 1989 PORTER)
- Jewinski, Judi, 1992. Essays & Reports: a handbook. 4th edition. Undergraduate Affairs Group, Faculty of Arts, University of Waterloo, Waterloo. (LB2369.J48x 1992 PORTER – MAIN FLOOR REFERENCE, REN, ST J)
- Kirkman, John, 1992. Good style: writing for science and technology. E & FN, London. (T11.K54 1992 DAVIS )
- McGuire, Peter J., 1988. A guide to technical writing. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Toronto. (T11.M364 1988 PORTER)
- Michaelson, Herbert B., 1990. How to Write and Publish Engineering Papers and Reports. Oryx Press, Phoenix. (T11.M418 1990 DAVIS )
- National Information Standards Organization, 1995. Scientific and Technical Reports – Elements, Organization, and Design. Niso Press , Maryland . (T11 N354 1995 DAVIS, PORTER)
- O'Connor, Maeve and F. Peter Woodward, 1978. Writing Scientific Papers in English. Pitman Medical, Tunbridge Wells. (T11.O3 1978 PORTER)
- Rubinstein, S. Leonard, 1969. Writing the Research Paper. Allyn and Bacon, Boston. (LB2369.R8 PORTER)
- Schmitz, Robert M, 1935. Preparing the research paper, a handbook. Farrar & Rinehart, New York . (LB2369.H83 1989 PORTER)
- Turabian, Kate L., 1996. Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations. 6th edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. (LB2369.T8 1996 PORTER – RARE BOOK ROOM, DAVIS – CIRCULATION DESK, STJ)
- Young, Matt, 1989. The Technical Writer's Handbook. University Science Books, Mill Valley. (T11 Y68X 1989 DAVIS, OPT)
