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A selection of websites
related to various aspects of academic writing
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| Advice
on general writing style and usage |
| Elements
of Style |
An on-line version of William
Strunk Jr.'s widely acclaimed guide to elegant
writing. |
| American
Heritage Book of English Usage |
With a detailed look at grammar, style, diction,
word formation, gender, social groups and scientific
forms, this valuable reference work is ideal for
students, writers, academics and anybody concerned
about proper writing style. |
| The
King’s English, 2nd ed. |
Fowler, H. W. 1908. This reference work has
remained a standard resource—serving generations
of students and writers with commonsense rules
of style and grammar. |
| Style
Manuals |
Browse a selection of available
guides to style in print, on amazon.com |
| Common
Errors in Usage |
Advice on standard English usage, including
common errors, helpful hints and resources for
non-native speakers. |
| Survey
of English Usage |
Products of a research unit at University College,
London. |
| Guides
to writing: academic, literary and technical |
| MedBioWorld |
An excellent set of
links concerned with writing and presenting research
work. |
| Writing
for Engineering and Science |
Writing guidelines
for Engineering and Science students, contributed
by Virginia Tech, University of Illinois, University
of Texas and Georgia Tech. |
| Word
Usage in Scientific Writing |
A list of words to
avoid or use more accurately, from Iowa State
University's College of Agriculture. |
| SportScience |
Guidelines on Style
for Scientific Writing by Will G. Hopkins |
| Principles
of Scientific Writing |
A useful discussion
of the elements of a scientific paper, by Anthony
Garrett, Ph.D. (Cantab.) Most useful for
graduate students, but also contains some information
pertinent to scholars. |
| Books
on Scientific Writing |
Browse a selection
of books on scientific writing on amazon.com. |
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A set of files prepared by writing
instructors at the University of Toronto, answering
the kinds of questions that University of Toronto
students ask about their written assignments. |
| Purdue
University Online Writing Lab |
Purdue University in Indiana was
one of the first universities to set up an Online
Writing Lab (OWL) that let students ask questions
and even send papers for preliminary comment by
writing instructors. As part of that operation,
Muriel Harris and other instructors have created
a large set of high-quality online handouts. |
| University
of Wisconsin Writing Centre |
Online writing resources |
| University
of Victoria Hypertext Writers Guide |
The University of Victoria
in British Columbia has an attractively-designed
and well-written set of advisory files, called
Hypertext Writer's Guide. It's especially useful
for literary essays. |
| Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute Writing Centre |
The online handouts of Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute in New York State advise
on some of the formats of scientific writing as
well as covering language use. |
| Online
Technical Writing Course |
A free online technical-writing
course introducing you to some of the most important
aspects of writing in the world of science, technology,
and business: the kind of writing that scientists,
nurses, doctors, computer specialists, government
officials, engineers, and other such people do
as part of their regular work |
Youngstown
State University
Research and Writing Process |
A comprehensive guide to the process
and content of writing research papers. Includes
information on citation using the major manuals
of style. |
| Online
guides to citation |
| International
Federation of Libraries Associations and Institutes |
Citation
guides for electronic documents. Follow the link
to "Electronic Resources." |
| International
Committee of Medical Journal Editors |
Uniform
requirements for manuscripts submitted to Biomedical
Journals. Includes a list
of journals to which the requirements apply. |
| Bedford
St. Martins' Guide to Style |
A wonderfully
comprehensive guide to citing electronic sources.
Covers MLA, Chicago, CBE, APA and others. |
| Instructions
to Authors in the Health Sciences |
Links
to web sites which provide instructions to authors
for over 3000 journals in the health and life
sciences. From the Medical College of Ohio. |
| Citation |
A bibliographical
conversion program designed to transform data
between several different formats including: MLA,
HFS, Chicago Manual of Style, INSPEC, ENGI, GTEC,
Refer, and BibTeX. |
| Modern
Language Association |
Official website
of the publishers of the MLA Style Manual and
Guide to Scholarly Publishing |
| American
Psychological Association |
Official website
of the publishers of the Publication Manual
of the American Psychological Association
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| NASA
on Style |
NASA's contribution
to writing: grammar, punctuation and capitalization |
| Chicago
style |
A statement of the
Chicago Manual rules for citation |
| MLA
style |
MLA style guide
for citations |
| Turabian
style |
Turabian style guide
for citations |
| APA
style |
APA style guide
for citations |
| American
Political Science Association |
Publishers of the
Style Manual for Political Science |
| American
Chemical Society |
Publishers of the
ACS Style Guide |
| American
Medical Association |
Publishers of the
American Medical Association Manual of Style |
| Grammar
and writing |
| Guide
to Grammar and Writing |
The Guide to Grammar
and Writing contains scores of digital handouts
on grammar and English usage, over 170 computer-graded
quizzes and recommendations on many aspects of
writing. |
| Grammar
Review Hypergrammar |
Hypergrammar is
the online textbook of a grammar-review course
at the University of Ottawa. It provides a thorough
review of the parts of speech, standard rules
for sentence construction and spelling rules.
It includes review tests with explanations of
correct answers. The sections on diction, paragraphing
and organization include advice on academic writing. |
| Edufind |
An online English
grammar by Anthony Hughes, published at edufind.com |
| Guide
to Grammar and Style |
A
guide compiled by University of Pennsylvania graduate
student Jack Lynch. |
| The
Internet Grammar of English |
An online
course in English Grammar, written primarily for
university undergraduates. Prepared by University
College, London |
| Scientific
word processors and bibliographic/scientific
reference tools |
| ISI
ResearchSoft |
Publisher
of three bibliographic and scientific reference
management tools: EndNote ($239.95), ProCite ($275.95)
and Reference Manager ($275.95). There is a comparison
table for the three products. |
| Citation |
A bibliographic
database system designed by academics for academic
research and writing. Works within your word processor.
From $99 to $224, dependent upon options. |
| Nota
Bene |
The
Scholar's Workstation for Windows. Includes a
word processor with numerous specialised features
for scholarly writing, a bibliographic manager,
file search and text-retrieval programme and database
management tools. ($449). Also available is a
version with support for Greek, Hebrew and Cyrillic,
at $549. |
| MiKTex |
A free,
downloadable implementation for Windows of the
desktop publishing and scientific word processing
package TeX and its derivatives, including LaTeX. |
| SciTeXt |
SciTeXt is still
in the development stage. It will be a new word
processor for all systems with a Java interpreter
and will have special functions and tools for
scientific work. This link is provided for the
technically minded who want to keep up to date
with SciTeXt's development. |
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