Discipline Writing Guides

Get discipline specific advice on writing papers for business, biology, chemistry, philosophy, and more

Writing Guides for Papers Across the Disciplines:

• Biology
• Business
• Chemistry
• History
• Legal Writing
• Nursing
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Psychology

Additional Links for Discipline Writing Guides:

Writing a Position Paper:
http://www.sfu.ca/cmns/130d1/WritingaPositionPaper.htm
&
http://www.ceu.hu/writing/position.htm

Lab Reports:

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/lab_report_complete.html

Case Studies:

http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/casestudy/

Critical Analysis:

http://www2.selu.edu/Academics/Faculty/elejeune/critique.htm

Compare Contrast Essay

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/rubric/ccstruc.htm

Prewriting a Compare & Contrast Essay

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/rubric/ccchart.htm

Writing a Compare & Contrast Paragraph

http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/rubric/ccstruc1.htm

Persuasive Writing:

http://www.studygs.net/wrtstr4.htm

Natural Science Writing

http://www.csus.edu/wac/sciences.stm

History Writing

http://www.sou.edu/history/carney/writing.htm

Developing an Argument

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/01/

Writing a Process Essay

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/process.html

Cause/Effect Essay

http://www.howard.k12.md.us/mth/english_dept/adv-comp/eng_effect.html

Leading Discussions

http://www.hrea.org/pubs/tips-discussion.html

Giving Oral Presentations

http://www.efcats.org/pages/presentation/oralpresentation.html

Writing Business Letters

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/business.html 

Writing Cover Letters & Resumes

http://www.how-to-write-a-resume.org/

Writing a Business Report

http://www.writinghelp-central.com/business-reports.html