Writing Resources
While we encourage you to visit us for personalized feedback on your writing, we have additional resources to share as you brainstorm, draft, and proofread your work. All of the resources included here are freely available online or in print through our offices and the UofT libraries.
Discipline-Specific Resources
How-To Guides
Writing in the Health Sciences: A Comprehensive Guide (2008)
From writing abstracts to crafting critical arguments, this online guide offers task-specific strategies for writing in the health sciences and social work. Largely authored by HSWC’s founding director, Dena Bain Taylor, the guide is designed to meet the needs of both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as health professionals and researchers seeking to improve their professional writing.
Duke Graduate School Scientific Writing Guide (2011)
Like UofT’s comprehensive guide, Duke University Graduate School offers a series of modules to improve communication in STEM-related fields. “Writing is the most common form of scientific communication, yet scientists have a reputation for being poor writers,” this guide begins. Its lessons, designed for both students and instructors, focus on writing clearer and more concise sentences.
Recommended Reads
Taylor, D.B. (2014). Writing skills in nursing and healthcare. A guide to completing successful dissertations and theses. Sage.
Holland, K., & Watson, R. (Eds.). (2021). Writing for publication in nursing and healthcare : getting it right (2nd ed.). Wiley Blackwell.
Academic Writing Resources
Samuels, B., & Garbati, J. (2019). Mastering academic writing. Sage.
Graff, G., & Birkenstein, C. (2024). “They say / I say” : The moves that matter in academic writing ; with readings (R. K. Durst & L. J. P. Davies, Eds.; 6th Ed.). W.W. Norton & Company.