The UVic Writer´s Guide: The Essay (University of Toronto)
This page explains how to effectively start, plan, organize, revise, and proofread essays as well as the difference between essay types, including expository, research, and literary
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/EssaysToc.html

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Stages of the Writing Process
Tips and resources on developing a thesis statement, working with sources, drafting a paper, and more
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/process.html

A Short Guide to College Writing
An introduction to the principles of essay organization and argumentation
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/

Cleveland State University: The Writing Process
A guide to thesis development, revision, drafting, critical reading, argument structure, paraphrasing, and more
http://www.csuohio.edu/academic/writingcenter/writproc.html

Center for Writing Studies: Writing Tips (University of Illinois)
General and genre-specific writing tips covering quotation, thesis statements, literature papers and essay examinations
http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/tips/

Literacy Education Online (LEO): Types of Writing (St. Cloud State University)
A hyperlinked guide to different types of essays including comparison and contrast, descriptive, persuasive and research papers
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html#types

Writing Handouts (Bow Valley College)
Printable handouts covering the elements of writing and types of essays such as descriptive, literary, narrative and persuasive
http://www.bowvalleycollege.ca/campus-services/library-and-learning-commons/e-resources/study-guides.html#writing