Writing and Publishing Scientific Articles
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Useful Reference Books for Writing and Editing English
Azar BS. Chartbook: A Reference Grammar: Understanding and Using English Grammar . 3 rd ed. White Plains, NY: Pearson Education; 2000.
A good ESL reference book for those who are at an advanced level, it offers many easy-to-understand grammar explanations, and it isn’t to o big to carry with you.
Campbell E. ESL Resource Book for Engineers and Scientists . New York: John Wiley & Sons; 1995.
This book combines the fundamentals of technical writing with ESL grammar guidelines.
Horner WB, ed. Harbrace College Handbook: With 1998 MLA Style Manual Updates, Revised Brief 13th Edition . Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace College Publishers; 1998.
A good basic handbook about English grammar.
Huth EJ. How to Write and Publish Papers in the Medical Sciences . 3 rd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 1998.
Written by a distinguished physician, author, and editor, this book will give you the details we did not have time for in this program. Highly recommended!
Iverson C et al., eds. American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (AMA ). 9 th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1998.
This is the definitive manual of guidelines for medical writing. Developed by a committee of writers, editors, and publishers, it is organized into the following sections: how to prepare an article for publication, style, terminology, measurement and quantitation, and technical information.
National Library of Medicine. List of Journals Indexed in Index Medicus . Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; 2004.
This resource book provides a comprehensive list of medical journals and their standard abbreviations. You can search by full title, abbreviation, subject, or geographic location. This is very helpful in creating reference lists and bibliographies.
Merriam- Webster’s C ollegiate Dictionary. 11th ed. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.; 2003.
Every writer needs a good dictionary, and this one comes from 100 years of experience. It has more than 215,000 definitions, including usage date, word history, pronunciation, synonym cross-references, examples of usage, and variant spellings. Three valuable sections included at the end of the dictionary are on abbreviations, biographical names, and geographical names.
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