General 

• Tech Comm Web by Mark Markel is published by Bedford/St. Martin's: This is the companion website for Markel's textbook Technical Communication. The site provides easy access to the book's chapters, computer links that are included in the text, and model documents for a number of disciplines. 
• Virginia Tech provides an in-depth explanation of the guidelines for presentations, correspondence, and formal reports in natural sciences and engineering.

Business Letters

Business Plans

• http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/bus_plan/bus_plan.htm -This is a site prepared by Authenticity Consulting to help for-profits and non-profits write business plans. It takes you through the writing process and provides additional resources.
• http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/plan/writeabusinessplan/index.html - How to write a business plan, provided by the Small Business Association.
• http://www.bplans.com - Advice, tools, and examples for writing a business plan, including executive summaries and mission statements.

Cover Letters

• http://www.quintcareers.com/cover_letters.html - Gives detailed, paragraph by paragraph instructions on how to write a dynamic cover letter. 
• http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/tech/coverltr.html - UWC's handout for cover letters gives suggestions on form, content, and format. 
•  http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/resumes/coverlet/format.html - Explains the function and order of each part of a cover letter.
• http://bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/business.htm - model cover letters.

Emails

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_emailett.html - This site is clearly organized and has a few brief examples of emails. It gives plenty of information, and the suggestions are understandable and accessible.
• http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/documents/email/-A thorough insight from Colorado State into the purpose of email, as well as a lesson on the proper way to use it. Includes a section on using email versus other means of communication.
• http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/email/etiquette.hti-Includes a checklist for the dos and don'ts of email etiquette.
• http://www.bizland.co.za/articles/comm/settone.htm - Provides comprehensive help for using the correct tone in email and includes a few examples.
•  http://www.fonts.com/AboutFonts/Articles/fyti/02-01-2005.htm - The place to go if all you need is help with formatting.
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_emailett.html-This Purdue handout gives general guidelines on how to compose a professional email. It also gives tips on the specifics of emails, such as attachments. -Gives suggestions on how to write professional emails to potential employers. It focuses on elements such as tone and style. -Concentrates on formatting issues, such as hypertext markup language (html) and appropriate fonts.
• http://bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/business.htm - Model email.

Executive Summaries

See Business plans, above.

Lab Reports

• http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~writing/handbook-lab.html - The University of Toronto includes a comprehensive explanation of the components and style used for scientific lab reports along with example sections.
• http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/maderinquiry/writing.html - Iowa State's site offers a general synopsis of the components of scientific lab reports.
• http://bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/natural.htm  provides model papers for writing technical lab reports for the natural sciences.

Memos

• http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~writing/handbook-memo.html - Breaks the memo down into five parts defining and giving detailed explanations of each.
• http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/memos.html - Explains the purpose of the memo, offers advice on appropriate tone, and also gives insight into organizational strategies.
• Memos Handout - The UWC handout explains how memos should be formatted.
• http://www.ic.arizona.edu/~profcomm/writing/samples/memo_samp.htm - Provides information on how to format a memo (the use of margins; how to use single, double, and triple spacing; using headings; and closing.)
• http://bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/business.htm - Model memos and memo format.

Posters and Oral Presentations

• Preparing a poster and an oral presentation for Student Research Week at TAMU: a University Writing Center Power Point.
• Rubric for Judging Research Posters: Used for TAMU Student Research Week
• A funny and informative UTube video on what not to do with PowerPoint is "How NOT to use Powerpoint."
• http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textbook/oral.html - This site is part of an online technical writing textbook and provides step-by-step instructions for preparing oral presentations as well as numerous helpful examples
• http://www.nscu.edu/project/posters/examples - A site with excellent examples of posters and detailed commentary on their strengths and weaknesses. A related site features a step-by-step process for creating posters.
• http://www.tamhsc.edu/communications/production/powerpt_folder/powerpt/screen_size.html - provides instructions on how to create a poster using PowerPoint as well as some good design tips. The best part of this site is the downloadable templates.
• http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm- "Advice on designing scientific posters" from Swarthmore is a good place to orient you to what poster sessions are and why they are important forms of communication. It offers plenty of practical advice as well.

• http://meeting.asbcnet.org/callpapers/Powerpoint_posters.cfm - a thorough guide to using PowerPoint to make a poster

Resumes

• http://careercenter.tamu.edu/guides/resumes/ - TAMU's Career Center offers web resources, resume writing assistance, and thorough and practical advice on how to construct various types of resumes.
• http://www.kmsearch.com/resumes.htm - A western U.S. real estate agency offers general suggestions for resumes as well as samples of different styles.
• Resumes Handout - UWC's handout provides basic information about the different sections of a resume and how it should be organized; it also a tutorial for constructing a practice resume.
• http://bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/business.htm - model resumes and cover letters.

Reports

• http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~writing/handbook.html - University of Toronto offers an online handbook that provides links to different types of reports as well as other forms of business/technical writing
• http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/osa/reports/ - This site is especially helpful because it discusses the commonalities of all reports, and then details the "how to" of planning and executing a report.
• http://bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/natural.htm  - provides model papers for writing technical research proposals for the natural sciences, including an AIP and CBE paper and a lab report.
• http://bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/business.htm - model business reports.

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