A lecture from a graduate course on scientific ethics. Focuses mainly on ethical standards for writing and publishing journal articles. Introduces basic principles of ethics, notes ethical norms and issues in research publication, and lists sources of further information.

Module by Miguel Roig, PhD, professor of psychology, St. John's University. Funded and posted by the (US) Office of Research Integrity. Available in both HTML and PDF. Includes examples of adequate and inadequate paraphrasing.

Lecture from a writing-intensive undergraduate course (Biology of Mammalian Cells and Tissues) at Texas A&M University. Introduces basic principles. Suitable overall for students in a variety of fields.

From the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Discusses not only authorship disputes but also other aspects of authorship. Includes advice on preventing authorship problems, suggestions of what to do if such problems occur, definitions of important terms relating to authorship, and discussion of the concepts represented by these terms. Suitable not only for new researchers but also for more advanced ones.

Easy-to-understand textbook of basic (and not-so-basic) statistics. By T D V Swinscow; revised by M J Campbell. Openly accessible. Has a medical emphasis but also is applicable to other fields. Although more recent editions can be bought, still suffices for many uses.