EXWR 201-01

Writing in the Sciences

 Useful Links

 

science writing formats

proposals

University of Toronto Engineering/Writing Centre/Handbook/Proposals http://www.ecf.toronto.edu/~writing/proposals.htm

"Model Document: Research Proposal," example from Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences (2nd ed.) by Victoria E. McMillan (Bedford Books, 1997). Posted on the Natural and applied sciences section of the Bedford/St. Martin's Model Documents Gallery (Adobe Acrobat Reader required for this text)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/pdf/research_proposal.pdf

 lab reports

Skerl, Jennie, "Laboratory Reports," (New York: Renssalear Polytechnic Institute, 1 February 1996). http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/labreport.html

University of Toronto Engineering Writing Centre, "Laboratory Reports" Engineering Writing Center Handbook. Last modified May 7 23:25:43 1998 http://www.ecf.toronto.edu:80/~writing/lab.htm

"Model Document: Laboratory Report," example from The Handbook of Technical Writing (6th ed.), by Gerald Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Olieu (Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000). Posted on the Natural and applied sciences section of the Bedford/St. Martin's Model Documents Gallery (Adobe Acrobat Reader required for this text)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/pdf/lab_report.pdf

other models

Bedford/St. Martin's Model Documents Gallery: Natural and applied sciences (Adobe Acrobat Reader required for this text)
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/modeldocs/natural.htm

 

science writing documentation

University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center's Writer's Handbook on Documentation Styles http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html

science writing advice

 The Oberlin College Neuroscience Program's Tips for Paper Writing, including documents from two Oberlin College Neuroscience faculty (Dennison Smith's "Writing Neuroscience Term Papers" and excerpt taken from Jan Thorton's spring 1999 NSBP 332 LAB METH NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY)
http://www.oberlin.edu/~nsbp/pages/MajorsArea_subframe/Papers.html

science journalism resources

University of Iowa Journalism and Mass Communications webpage on "Science Resources for Journalists"
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/science_txt.html

OWLS

University of Wisconsin-Madison's Internet Resources: A Select List of Online Writing Centers. http://www.wisc.edu/writing/OtherOWLs.html

 

 
 
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