Resource Library
Web resource:Association of American University Presses Resources
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.
Video:Publishing Strategies: The When-Where-What of Scientific Publishing
Video showing a panel discussion by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Among the topics discussed are when to publish a paper, how to choose a suitable journal, how to decide authorship, how to respond to reviewers' comments, and how to write an effective cover letter. Moderated by Walter Pagel, director of the Department of Scientific Publications at MD Anderson.
AuthorAID Tips of the Week 1-25
Weekly tips on writing and publishing. Prepared by AuthorAID graduate assistant Bernard Appiah. Original dates of posting: 1 December 2010 through 17 May 2011.
Article:"Plagiarism: Why is it such a big issue for medical writers?"
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.
Case study:Peer approved
How an AuthorAID writing workshop helped to improve research publication at the National University of Rwanda (NUR).
Web resource:Zotero
Free software for reference management and related tasks. Used with the Web browser Firefox. Recommended by some members of the AuthorAID e-mail discussion group.
Web resource:Mendelay
Describes itself as "a free reference manager and academic social network". Recommended by some members of the AuthorAID discussion list.
Web resource:Taylor & Francis Author Services
Author resources from a publisher of many journals. Includes author guides on various aspects of writing and publishing journal articles.
Web resource:Internet Resources for Patents
Website, from the University of Delaware Library, providing links to many online resources about patents. Includes links to resources about patents in general, about patents in specific countries, and about searching for and applying for patents.
Train-the-Trainers Exercise
Exercise on teaching research writing. From the AuthorAID Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Teaching Research Writing, Kathmandu, Nepal, 18 March 2011. Entails responding to 3 scenarios, each of which involves designing research-writing instruction of a different length and in a different setting.