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Some materials listed below require access to subscription databases.  If you cannot gain access, contact your local library for availability.  AU students and faculty can contact the Center's Web Maintainer for a password.

Air War College.  Gateway to Internet Resources.  Communications Skills:  Writing.
Available online at:  http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-comm.htm#writing

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab.  West Lafayette, IN, Purdue University, 2003.
Available online at:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Writing Center.  Minneapolis, MN, Walden University, March 2002.
Available online at:  http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu

Writing Resources.  Princeton, NJ, Princeton University, 2002.
Available online at:  http://webware.princeton.edu/sites/writing/Writing_Center/WCWritingResourcesContent.htm
 

Bailey, Edward P. and Powell, Philip A.  The Practical Writer.  9th edition.  Boston, MA, Thomson Heinle, 2008.  419 p.
Book call no.:  808.042 B154pa 2008

Dees, Robert.  Writing the Modern Research Paper.  New York, Longman, 2003.  420 p.
Book call no.:  808.02 D312w

Fowler, H. Ramsey and Aaron, Jane E.  The Little, Brown Handbook.  11th ed.  New York, Longman, 2010.  965 p.
A basic resource that answers most questions about writing including how to get ideas, develop paragraphs, search the Internet, and cite sources.  It includes separate sections on -- The Writing Process, Research Writing, Writing in the Disciplines, Effective Words, Effective Sentences, Grammatical Sentences, and Punctuation.
Book call no.:  08.042 F786L 2010

Hacker, Diana.  A Writer's Reference.  6th edition.  Boston, Bedford/St. Martins, 2007.  509 p.
Book call no.:  808.02 H118w

Hart, Jack.  A Writer's Coach:  An Editor's Guide to Words That Work.  New York, Pantheon Books, 2006.  283 p. 
Book call no.:  808.02 H325w

Johnson, Andrew P.  A Short Guide to Academic Writing.  Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 2003.  126 p.
Book call no.:  808.042 J66s

McIntosh, William A.  Guide to Effective Military Writing.  Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books, 2003.  229 p.
Book call no.:  808.066355 M152g 2003

Pfeiffer, William S.  Pocket Guide to Technical Writing.  3rd edition.  Upper Saddle River, NJ, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004.  225 p.
Book call no.:  808.0666 P527p

Plotnik, Arthur.  Spunk & Bite:  A Writer's Guide to Punchier, More Engaging Language & Style.  New York, Random House Reference, 2005.  263 p.
Book call no.:  808.042 P729s

Rose, Jean.  The Mature Student's Guide to Writing.  2nd edition.  New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.  332 p.
Book call no.:  808.042 R796m

Royal, Brandon.  The Little Red Writing Book:  20 Powerful Principles of Structure, Style and Readability.  Cincinnati, OH, Writer's Digest Book, 2004.  160 p.
Book call no.: 808.042 R888L

Turabian, Kate L.  A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations:  Chicago Style for Students and Researchers.  7th edition.  Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2007.  466 p.
Book call no.:  808.02 T929m