Biology 

What Academic Honesty means at UMass
From the Ad Hoc Committee on Student Plagiarism of the Faculty Senate

Avoiding Plagiarism
Quick tips

Understanding what plagiarism is
Guides and tutorials 

Chicago Manual of Style
The newly updated online version. From off-campus, you'll need your NetID.

Writing Scientific Manuscripts: A Guide for Undergraduates
Designed as a resource for undergraduate science researchers who are getting ready to write up their research for a journal. Sections on article structure, and on figures, tables, equations and references.

A short guide to writing about biology, by Jan A. Pechenik, c2007

Scientific style and format: the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers, by the Style Manual Committee, Council of Biology EditorsCambridge University Press, 1994

Mastering scientific and medical writing: a self-help guide, Silvia M. Rogers
Includes a thorough review of punctuation and grammar, as well as tips on style.

Scientific writing: a reader and writer's guide, Jean-Luc LeBrun
This book focuses on writing style, as well as the more technical aspects of scientific writing.

Council of Science Editors (formerly Council of Biology Editors) Citation Guide
A quick reference for citation styles. RefWorks includes these styles too. 

"No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one."