Geology
Rocks, faults, glaciers, oceans, climate
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What is Plagiarism?
- What Academic Honesty means at UMassFrom the Dean of Students Office
- Purdue's OWLThis page is a short introductory guide outlining when to cite.
Style Guides
- The Chicago manual of styleThe continually updated online version. From off-campus, you'll need your NetID.
- Journal of Young Investigators manuscript requirementsDesigned 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.
Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing by Silvia M. Rogers
Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9783642394461Publication Date: 2014-01-04This self-help guide is intended for scientists and medical professionals and students who wish to improve their scientific writing skills. Exercises invite the reader to practice the most important aspects of scientific writing. Although the book addresses certain issues more troublesome to scientific communicators of a non-English language origin, the guide will be of equal benefit to those whose first language is English. If you want not only to write but to write well, this book is for you. This second edition takes into account new developments in the area of scientific communication. In particular, the importance of authenticity is addressed, drawing attention to the sensitive issue of plagiarism in scientific texts.
- The Elements of styleAlso known as "Strunk and White," this is the classic writer's guide.
Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words by David Lindsay
Call Number: E-BookISBN: 9780643101579Publication Date: 2012-02-01Telling people about research is just as important as doing it. But many researchers, who, in all other respects, are competent scientists, are afraid of writing. They are wary of the unwritten rules, the unspoken dogma and the inexplicably complex style, all of which seem to pervade conventional thinking about scientific writing. This book has been written to expose these phantoms as largely smoke and mirrors, and replace them with principles that make communicating research easier and encourage researchers to write confidently. It presents a way of thinking about writing that emulates the way good scientists think about research. It concentrates on the structure of articles, rather than simply on grammar and syntax. So, it is an ideal reference for researchers preparing articles for scientific journals, posters, conference presentations, reviews and popular articles; for students preparing theses; and for researchers whose first language is not English.Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words expounds principles that produce scientific articles in a wide range of disciplines that are focussed, concise and, best of all, easy to write and read. As one senior scientist observed, 'This book not only made me a better writer; it made me a better scientist'.
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