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Presentation:Approaching a Writing Project

By | Dec. 03, 2011

From the AuthorAID Post-PACN-Congress Workshop on Research Writing, Ghana, 24-25 November 2011.

Presentation:Class 7--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 07, 2011
PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Session included presentations by some class members about their work, a segment on aspects of writing style, and most of a segment on ethical and other issues. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Presentation:Class 8--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 07, 2011
PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Session included presentations by some class members about their work, the latter part of a segment on ethical and other issues, and a presentation on publishing a paper. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Web resource:Association of American University Presses Resources

By | Jun. 03, 2011

Resources for authors, scholarly publishers, libraries, and others. Includes a grid listing main subject areas of interest of member presses. Also includes a set of FAQs on permissions and copyright.

Article:"Plagiarism: Why is it such a big issue for medical writers?"

By | May. 13, 2011
Article, by Natasha Das and Monica Panjabi, in the April-June 2011 issue of the journal Perspectives in Clinical Research. Although primarily for medical writers, also can aid authors in other fields. Includes a section on types of plagiarism and a set of tips for avoiding plagiarism.

Video:Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism

By | Feb. 05, 2011

Video blog post by prominent medical editor George Lundberg. Emphasizes the need to avoid plagiarism and identifies some tools for detecting plagiarism.