Key Elements of Academic Writing

● Academic phrasebank*
● Arguments*
● Collecting Information*
● Dictation as a Writing Tool
● Drafting, Designing, Revising*
● Get Started with STEM Writing
● Grammar*
● Intro to Academic Writing 🎥
● Peer Review 🎥*
● Avoiding Procrastination
● Pronouns & Gender-Fair Writing
● Punctuation*
● Working with Sources*

Citation, Style Systems, & Plagiarism

Understanding Plagiarism
● Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism (general guidelines)
● Avoiding Plagiarism: Guidelines and Expectations for Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Caltech (specific guidelines for HSS courses)
● Checklist for Avoiding Plagiarism

Academic style system guides
● What style does each discipline use?*
● ACS Guide to Scientific Communication*
● APA style*
● APA sample paper*
● Chicago Style*
● CSE Citation/Sequence*
● CSE Name/Year*
● IEEE Style*
● MLA Format, guidelines from the Modern Language Association*
● MLA Format, overview*
● MLA Format, formatting quotations, including fiction and poetry*
● Turabian Style*
● Caltech Library's resources for citation

Genres of Academic Writing

● Abstracts (Genre description and annotated models)
● Abstracts*
● Curriculum Vitae [CV]*
● Grant Proposals
● Lab reports, academic and industry
● Policy Statement*
● Posters (Genre description, guidelines, annotated models)
● Scientific Paper

● Reverse Outlining for a Scientific Article
● Graduate School Statements of Purpose
● SURF Proposal Guidelines

● Engineering Technical Report *

Writing for Academic Disciplines

Working with Sources and Writing for Humanities

● History
● Literature
● Philosophy

General Resources for Disciplinary Writing
● Anthropology*

● Art History*
● Biology *
● Engineering*
● History*
● Philosophy *
● Philosophy*
● Political Science*
● Sciences*

* Indicates resources from other universities, organizations, and authors

Resources in Caltech's Library

While there are many good online resources related to academic writing, not everything you need to know can be found online. Our library has many books related to academic, professional, and technical writing you can consult and borrow. The HWC has worked with the library to create a LibGuide about Writing that will quickly connect you to many of those resources.

The HWC has also composed an annotated bibliography of our favorite resources for writers in STEM fields. Many of these books are available in the Caltech Library, and the HWC has copies of all of them that you can utilize inside the Center.

This page is currently being updated. If you're looking for help with something and don't find a resource here, please email us and let us know what you'd like to see here.