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Writing, Publishing, or Presenting: a Resource Guide

• Research & Writing
• Publishing
• Grant Writing
• Style Manuals
• Publishing & Presentations

Research & Writing

• Designing clinical research: an epidemiologic approach. Stephen B. Hulley and Steven R. Cummings. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1988.
  Ref 20 R853 C55 D47 1988
• Elements of Style (Bartleby Library, Columbia University) William Strunk, Jr., 1918.
• Form and style: theses, reports, term papers. William Campbell et al. 7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
  Ref 20 LB2369 +C35 1986
• Grammar and Style Notes (Jack Lynch)
• Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization: A handbook for technical writers and editors (Mary K. McCaskill, Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virgina) Note: Large PDF document. Requires Acrobat reader.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing (Charles Darling, Professor of English/Humanities, CapitalCommunity-Technical College, Hartford, CT)
• Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation: a handbook for students and faculty. James E. Mauch. 3rd. edition. New York: M. Dekker, 1993.
  Ref 20 LB2369 M377 1993
• A Handbook for academic authors. Beth Levy. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  Ref 20 PN146 L84 1987
• Health research design and methodology. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1990.
  Ref 20 R850 H38 1990.
• Health writer’s handbook. Barbara Gastel. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1998
  Ref 20 R119 G376 1988.
• How to report statistics in medicine: annotated guidelines for authors, editors, and reviewers. Thomas A. Lang. Philadelphia: American College of Physicians, 1997
  Ref 20 RA409 L357 1997
• How to write and publish a scientific paper. Robert A. Day. 5th edition. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1994.
  Ref 20 T11 D29 1998
• How to write and publish papers in the medical sciences. Edward J. Huth. 3rd ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1999.
  Ref 20 R119 H87 1999
• The King's English (Bartleby Library, Columbia University) H. W. Fowler, 1908.
• The Little, Brown handbook. H. Ramsey Fowler and Jane E. Aaron. 5th edition. New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1992.
  Ref 20 PE1112 F64 1992
• Medical writing: a prescription for clarity. 2nd ed. Neville W. Goodman and Martin B. Edwards. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996
  Ref 20 R119 G67 1997
• Notes on Writing Papers and Theses (Ken Lertzman, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia)
• Qualitative research proposals and reports: a guide. 2nd ed. Patricia L. Munhall. New York: National League for Nursing Press, 2000.
  Ref 20 RT81.5 +M86 2000
• Resources for Teachers (Online Writing Lab, Purdue University)

Publishing

• Biomedical research: how to plan, publish and present it. William F. Whimster. New York: Springer, 1997
  R850 W47 1997
• Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (Raymon H. Mulford Library, Medical College of Ohio)

Grant Writing

• The Foundation Center's guide to proposal writing. Jane C. Geever and Patricia McNeill. New York: The Foundation Center, 1993.
  Ref 20 HG177.5 U6 G44 1993
• Getting funded: a complete guide to proposal writing. Mary S. Hall. 3rd ed. Portland, OR: Continuing Education Publications, Portland State University, 1988.
  Ref 20 LB2825 +H223 1988
• The Grant application writer's handbook. 4th edition. Liane Reif-Lehrer. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2005.
  Ref 20 R853 P75 2005
• How to write a successful research grant application: a guide for social and behavioral scientists. Willo Pequegnat and Ellen Stover, eds. New York: Plenum Press, 1995.
  Ref 20 HG177 H683 1995
• Research proposals: a guide to success. 3rd edition. Thomas E. Ogden. New York: Raven Press, 2002.
  Ref 20 R853 P75 O35 2002

Style Manuals

• American Medical Association manual of style. 8th ed. Cheryl Iverson, chair, et al. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1989.
  Ref 20 R119 A533 1989
• CBE style manual: a guide for authors, editors, and publishers in the biological sciences. 5th edition, revised and expanded. Bethseda, MD: Council of Biology Editors, 1983.
  Ref 20 R119 C68 1983
• The Chicago manual of style: 14th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
  Ref 20 Z253 U69 1993
• Citing OMIM (OMIM)
  Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, OMIM (TM). Center for Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) and National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine (Bethesda, MD), 1999.
• Electronic References (APA) Excerpted from the new 5th edition of the Publication Manual
• Electronic style: a guide to citing electronic information. Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. Westport, CT: Meckler, 1993.
  Ref 20 PN171 D37 L5 1993
• How to cite ACP Journal Club (ACP-ASIM) The citation styles reflect ACP Journal Club's new status as an independent publication, beginning with the November/December 1994 issue. Citation of material published in earlier issues should follow the citation guidelines published in those issues.
• List of journals indexed for MEDLINE
• A Manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations. Kate Turabian. 5th ed., revised and expanded by Bonnie Birtwistle Honigsblum. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
  Ref 20 LB2369 T87 1987
• National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation. Karen Patrias. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section, 1991.
  Ref 20 R119 +P27 1991 [print]
• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2001.
  Ref 20 BF76.7 P83 2001
• Sample references. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors). Last Updated: 11 March 2005
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors) Also referred to as the Vancouver Style. Updated October 2004.
• World Wide Web (WWW) Server Standards and Guidelines (U.S. Department of Education)
• Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide (Patrick J. Lynch, Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media)

Publication & Presentations

• Communicating in science: writing a scientific paper and speaking at scientific meetings.Vernon Booth. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993.
  Ref 20 Q223 B664 1993
• How to present at meetings. George M. Hall, ed. London: BMJ Books, 2001
  Ref 20 R118 H695 2001 [print]
• Publishing and presenting clinical research. Warren S. Browner. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
  Ref 20 R852 B77 1999
• Scientific papers and presentations. Martha Davis. San Diego: Academic Press, 1997.
  Ref 20 T11 D324 1997