Writing Resources

Strunk and White: a classic style manual

Common errors in English usage 

The Purdue writing center
This site has a information about academic writing: the process, strategies, usage and style information, common ESL errors etc.  Under professional, technical, and job search writing there is information about academic cover letters and email etiquette.  The site  targets undergraduate writers at a US university, so some information is not targeted to graduate studies or scientific writing.

Ronald B. Standler’s Technical Writing Guide:
An on-line style manual for technical writing

Advice on Research and Writing by Mark Leone
Evaluation of 9th SOSP Submissions is a good article on writing a quality paper.

Advice for gradutate students by Michael Ernst
This site includes information on giving a talk, getting/writing a letter of recommendation, writing a paper, and giving a poster.

List of well-written computer science papers recommended by SWS faculty.