We created this archive to help students work independently on a range of writing skills. Below, you’ll find handouts from our workshops, alongside links to writing guides from other universities—those we frequently consult in one-to-one sessions.
The writing process
- Assignment calculator—generate a to-do list
- Brainstorming strategies
- Outlining strategies
Understanding assignments and audience
Clarity & style
Common essay forms & genres
Analysis & argument
English language learning
- Oxford Learner Dictionary
- Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
- Collocation dictionary (common word pairs or groupings)
- Visual thesaurus (a visual map of synonyms)
- Word Reference online translator
- Dictionary of American Idioms (definitions of american slang and sayings)
Grammar, punctuation & mechanics
Structure & organization
Research & source use
Business writing & presentations
- Annotated model case analysis
- Useful language for writing case analyses
- Guidelines for business case analyses (European focus)
- Harvard case study guide (individual chapters for purchase)
- Writing a case study analysis
- Case study research in the social sciences
- Case study analysis guide
Application Materials
- Responding to a job ad
- Model cover letter (front desk position)
- Model cover letter and resume (audit intern position)
- Sentence structures used in cover letters
- Marxe’s examples for cover letters in Higher Education Administration
- Yale’s Word .doc resume template
- Harvard’s resume and cover letter guide
- Baruch’s STARR resume writing guide
- Tailoring documents for employers
- Tips and terms for international students
- Introduction to and expectations for resumes
- Resume design
- CVs vs. resumes
- Curriculum Vitae overview
- Cover letter overview
- Cover letters: types and samples
- Cover letter format and organization
- Academic cover letter overview
- Crafting a teaching statement
If you’re looking for a shorter list of the Writing Center’s own resources, visit our focused “Baruch Writing Guides” page.