Writing - websites & books which can help

Websites

Prepare for Success Click the link, then click "Academic writing"
Essays, Reports & Dissertations A study guide on the Reading University Website. Excellent.
Assignment Survival Kit Developed by Staffordshire University, this guide helps you plan and prepare your assignment
Academic Writing A study guide on the Reading University Website. Excellent.
Toronto University offers a really good site for academic students including advice on different types of writing and lots of examples. Use the address and then scroll down until you find the area you are interested in.
Purdue Writing Lab an excellent online writing service for students
Uni Learning This site, at Woollongong University in Australia, helps you develop academic writing skills.
Hong Kong University's online academic writing resource
Andy Gillet's UEFAP site for academic students. Excellent.
The Academic Writer - a resource to help you write your first academic assignment in English
This page from the International TESL Journal gives you a really useful list of sites about writing for general and academic purposes.
Essay Map This website helps you prepare a basic essay plan.

Bailey, S. (2006, 2011) Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students (Third Edition). London; New York: Routledge. This book is an excellent guide for academic writing and well worth owning if your English is at IELTS level 6.0/6.5 or higher. We have a copy of the second edition in the University Library – click here for a link - and you can also buy it online, of course. There are copies of the first edition available at this page, for example.
Peck, J. and Coyle, C. (2005) The Student's Guide to Writing. Basingstoke, Palgrave (Macmillan) Study Guides. This is an excellent book. Although it's written for native-speaker students, it is very clear and useful for International students. Again, we have copies in the University Library – click here for a link.
The Longman Language Activator See Dictionaries
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary with CD-ROM Click "see inside" and choose Presentation. Look at the iWriter (on the CD) - very helpful.