An ever-growing list of resources for you to use.

Winthrop University Resources

• English Department
• English Department’s “The Correct Use of Borrowed Information“
• Writing Center

Software

• Audacity (audio recorder and editor)
• Dropbox (cloud-based file storage)
• Jing (Image capture program)
• Lists of free PDF Annotation Software
  • 20 Free Tools to Annotate PDF Documents
  • Tom’s Guide: 13 Free Tools for Viewing and Editing PDFs
• PicMonkey (Online Image editing program)
• Piktochart (Online infographics maker)
• Pixlr (Online image editing program)
• PortableApps (lots of useful open-source software stripped down to run on a flash drive)
• Zamzar (online file conversion)

Tutorials, Informational

• Cloud Computing in Plain English
• Secure Passwords in Plain English

Writing

• The Punctuation Guide
• Purdue Online Writing Lab
• Sondra Perl’s Composing Guidelines

Job Application Resources

Cover Letters

• Purdue OWL: Basic Business Letters
• Purdue OWL: Business Letter Formats
• Purdue OWL: Cover Letter Workshop
• Purdue OWL: Cover Letter Workshop PPT Presentation
• Purude OWL: Annotated Job Application Cover Letter

Résumés

• Purdue OWL: Résumés and Vitas
• Purdue OWL: Résumé Workshop
• Purdue OWL: Functional Résumé Sample
• Purdue OWL: Skills Résumé Sample
• Purdue OWL: Chronological Résumé Sample
• Purdue OWL: Sample Résumé

CVs

• Purdue OWL: Résumés and Vitas
• Purdue OWL: Résumé Workshop
• Purdue OWL: Writing the Curriculum Vitae
• Sample CV from Columbia University for Chemistry Ph.D. Candidate
• Sample CV from Stanford University for Cell Biology Postdoctoral Fellow
• Sample CV from Stanford University for Population Biology Postdoctoral Fellow

Memos

• Purdue OWL: Audience and Purpose
• Purdue OWL: Parts of a Memo
• Purdue OWL: Format
• Purdue OWL: Sample Memo