{"id":1340,"date":"2023-08-21T15:01:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/?page_id=1340"},"modified":"2023-08-21T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T15:04:57","slug":"references-resources-bc-cu-senior-seminar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/how-to\/references-resources-bc-cu-senior-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Books on Scientific Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Note: not all references are consistent with our ‘how to do references’ recommendation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. University of Chicago Press (1993) The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Council of Biology Editors (1983) CBE Style Manual. Council of Biological Editors, Bethesda, MD<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Council of Biology Editors (1986) Scientific Writing for Graduate Students. A Manual on the Teaching of Scientific Writing. Council of Biological Editors, Bethesda, MD.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Day, R. A. (1983) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. ISI Press, Philadelphia, PA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Eschmeyer, P. H. (1990) Usage and style in fishery manuscripts. Writing for Fishery Journals, American Fishery Society. pp. ?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Fowler, H. W. (1965) A Dictionary of Modern English Usage. 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, Oxford.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Fowler, N. (1990) The 10 most common statistical errors. Ecological Society of America Bulletin 71: 161-164.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Gaughler, R. and D. W. Freckman (1990) A program officer’s guide to effective grantsmanship. American Entomologist 38: 208-212.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Gopen, G. D. and J. A. Swan (1990) The science of scientific writing. American Scientist 550-558.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Gowers, E. (1973) The Complete Plain Words. Penguin Books, Baltimore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Harnack, A and E. Kleppinger (1997) Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources. St. Martin’s Press, New York.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Huey, R. B. (1987) Reply to Stearns: some acynical advice for graduate students. ESA Bulletin 68: 150-153<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Huth, E. J. (1982) How to Write and Publish Papers in the Medical Sciences. ISI Press, Philadelphia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Kane, T. S. and L. J. Peters (1980) Writing Prose: Techniques and Purposes. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, New York.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. Katz, M. J. (1986) Elements of the Scientific Paper. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Lanyon, S. M. (1995) How to design a dissertation project. BioScience 45: 40-42.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. Lunsford, A. and R Connors (1997) Easy Writer. A pocket guide. St. Martin’s Press, New York.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Macgregor, A. J. (1979) Graphics Simplified: How to Plan and Prepare Effective Charts, Graphs, Illustrations and other Visual Aids. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Mack, R. N. (1986) Writing with precision, clarity, and economy. Ecological Society of America Bulletin 67: 31-35.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. McMillan, V. E. (1997) Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences. Bedford Press, Boston.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. O’Connor, M. and F. P. Woodford (1978) Writing Scientific Papers in English. Pitman Press, London.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. Partridge, E. (1976) Usage and Abusage. Penguin Books, Baltimore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. Quiller-Couch, A. (1961) The Art of Writing. Folcroft Library, Folcroft, PA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. Simmons, D. (ed.) (1980) Charts and Graphs: Guidelines for the Visual Presentation of Data in the Life Sciences. MTP Press, Baltimore.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. Smith, R. V. (1984) Graduate Research – A Guide for Students in the Sciences. ISI Press, Philadelphia, PA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  26. Stearns, S. C. (1987) Some modest advice for graduate students. Ecological Society of America Bulletin 68: 145-150.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  27. Strunk, W., Jr. and E. B. White (1979) The Elements of Style. Macmillan, New York.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  28. 28. Tichy, H. J. (1966) Effective Writing for Engineers, Managers, Scientists. John Wiley and Sons, New York.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  29. Trelease, S. F. (1969) How to Write Scientific and Technical Paper. MIT Press, Cambridge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  30. Turabian, K. L. (1973) A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations. 4th ed. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  31. Waser, N. M., M. V. Price, & R. K. Grosberg (1992) Writing an effective manuscript review. BioScience 42: 621-623<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  32. Zinsser, W. (1980) On Writing Well. 2nd ed. Harper and Row, New York.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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