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Annotated Journal Article

By | Aug. 16, 2013
A journal article with comments written on it about aspects of the writing. This article, which reports research on bees, is from the journal PLOS ONE. The comments were prepared by Michelle Yeoman as...

Main Slides: 2013 Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 21, 2013
These are the main slides from a 3-week intensive course given at Texas A&M University in summer 2013. The course focused mainly on writing journal articles but also addressed other topics, such as pr...

Presentation:Core Presentations on Research Communication

By | May. 27, 2013
...s on writing journal articles, giving presentations, preparing proposals, and related topics. From the AuthorAID Workshop on Teaching Research Communication, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27-31 May 2013.

Topics: Oral and poster presentations, Research and publication ethics, Training resources, The publishing process, Grant proposal writing, Scientific writing, Academic writing and style

Presentation:Week 3: Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 22, 2012
... writing book chapters and books, being a peer reviewer, and presenting specialized information to the public. There also is train-the-trainer material on basics of teaching technique.

Presentation:Week 1: 2012 Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 01, 2012
...r topics include deciding when and where to submit a paper, approaching a writing project, writing the methods section, writing the results section, preparing tables and figures, citing references, pr...

Class 11--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 13, 2011
...n resubmitting grant proposals, preparing progress reports, and preparing review articles. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including d...

AuthorAID Tips of the Week 1-25

By | May. 20, 2011
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:Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing

By | Feb. 26, 2011
Series of articles on scientific writing, from the journal Clinical Chemistry. Includes articles on preparing the usual parts of a scientific paper: Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, Di...