LibGuides: Liberal Studies Guide: Scientific Writing

Writing Guides - eBooks

From Research to Manuscript by Michael Jay Katz
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2009
Written in simple, straightforward language, From Research to Manuscript, explains how to understand and summarize a research project. It is a writing guide that goes beyond grammar and style by demonstrating how to pull together the information needed for each section of a polished scientific paper. This book is a systematic guide, leading you from the data on your desk through the drafts and rewrites that are needed to build a complete and tightly-written science article.
Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing by Silvia M. Rogers
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2014
This self-help guide is intended for scientists and medical professionals and students who wish to improve their scientific writing skills.
A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing by John Blackwell
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2011
This guide provides a framework, starting from simple statements, for writing papers for submission to peer-reviewed journals. It also describes how to address referees comments, approaches for composing other types of scientific communications, and key linguistic aspects of scientific writing.
Writing a Biomedical Research Paper : A Guide to Structure + Style by Brian Budgell
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2009
This book is organized as a practical guide to writing a biomedical research article, focusing on the writing and submission of manuscripts for research articles.

Kettering Writing Center

Kettering Writing Center
The mission of the Writing Center is to support the Kettering community in all aspects of communication in order to contribute to excellence in teaching, research, and student learning. They provide writing support for students, faculty, and staff.

Contact the Writing Center

Location: Academic Building Room 3-322

Email: academicsuccess@kettering.edu

Phone: 810-762-9775

Publishing Your Research 101

The first episode in the series is an interview with Professor George M. Whitesides from Harvard University who has published nearly 600 papers with ACS Publications, and over 1100 articles overall, and has served on the advisory boards of numerous peer-reviewed journals.

Helpful Links

ACS - A Virtual Issue of Editor Tips for Authors: Mastering the Art of Scientific Publication
While the electronic age has made the publication process easier and quicker, optimizing the structure of a scientific paper requires a certain degree of skill and proficiency. ACS Publications has been actively engaged in disseminating the basics of publication through Publication 101 videos and editorials, and in continuation of this spirit we have assembled this virtual issue. This issue draws together in one place these editorials that summarize the key steps involved in writing an effective paper, journal submission, review processes, and post-publication efforts. — From the Editorial by Jillian M. Buriak, Prashant V. Kamat, George C. Schatz, and Paul S. Weiss
All That JAS - Journal Abbreviation Sources
Journal Abbreviation Sources is a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations or other types of abbreviated publication titles
Asian Institute of Technology - Language Center
The Writing up Research Guidebook covers the main components of a proposal and thesis, and discusses the function of the major elements by examining relevant texts. This online resource includes some readings, but mainly it is intended to offer students a way of studying research writing on their own. It also provides links specifically for writing, language and research – if you have others, please contact us so we can add them to our collection!
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
APA & MLA Guides
Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science
These writing guidelines are designed to help engineers and scientists write about their work. To that end, these guidelines contain advice and models for writing documents in engineering and science. These guidelines also contain teaching and learning resources for engineering and science students.

Writing Guides - Print

How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Robert Day
Call Number: T 11 .D33 2006
Publication Date: 2006
To be useful, scientific research needs to be explained clearly to others—to colleagues, to administrators, to foundations and governmental bodies, and to the public. This thoroughly revised edition of the classic How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper gives beginning scientists and experienced researchers alike practical advice on writing about their work and publishing what they write.
Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering by Mya Poe
Call Number: Q 223 .P64 2010
Publication Date: 2010
To many science and engineering students, the task of writing may seem irrelevant to their future professional careers. At MIT, however, students discover that writing about their technical work is important not only in solving real-world problems but also in developing their professional identities.
Scientific Writing by Jean-Luc Lebrun
Call Number: T 11 .L456 2011
Publication Date: 2011
The book helps scientists write papers for scientific journals.
Scientific Writing by Jean-Luc Lebrun
Call Number: T 11 .L43 2007
Publication Date: 2007
Scientific writers must not only present their science, but also work hard to generate and sustain the interest of readers. Attention-getters, sentence progression, expectation-setting, and memory offloaders are essential devices to keep readers and reviewers engaged.
Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words by David Lindsay
Call Number: T 11 .L52864 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words expounds principles that produce scientific articles in a wide range of disciplines that are focused, concise and, best of all, easy to write and read.
Scientific Writing and Communication by Angelika Hofmann
Call Number: Q 223 .H63 2014
Publication Date: 2016
Scientific Writing and Communication: Papers, Proposals, and Presentations, Third Edition, covers all the areas of scientific communication that a scientist needs to know and master in order to successfully promote his or her research and career. This unique "all-in-one" handbook begins with adiscussion of the basic principles of scientific writing style and composition and then applies these principles to writing research papers, review articles, grant proposals, research statements, and resumes, as well as to preparing academic presentations and posters.
Write Like a Chemist by Marin Robinson
Call Number: QD 9.15 .W75 2008
Publication Date: 2008
Write Like a Chemistis a unique guide to chemistry-specific writing. Written with National Science Foundation support and extensively piloted in chemistry courses nationwide, it offers a structured approach to writing that targets four important chemistry genres: the journal article, conference abstract, scientific poster, and research proposal.