Resource Library
Video:Creating Effective Poster Presentations
Website on designing and giving poster presentations.
Video:"How to Give a Science Flash Talk"
Advice for giving a 3-minute talk presenting science in an engaging, easy-to-understand way. Source: SciDev.Net.
Video:A Guide to Presenting a Poster
A guide on preparing and presenting a poster, created bt the Cain Project.
Video:Proposal Development Resource
From Grand Challenges Canada. Has 3 parts: Advice from Applicants, Mechanics of Writing, and Perspectives of Mentors. Includes videos and other materials.
Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"
Video of presentation on preparing the literature review section of a thesis or dissertation. One of the most popular videos on our online research writing courses
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.
Video:Detecting and Preventing Plagiarism
Video blog post by prominent medical editor George Lundberg. Emphasizes the need to avoid plagiarism and identifies some tools for detecting plagiarism.
Video:On Being a Scientist (Video)
Intended largely for graduate students and other early-career researchers, this approximately 7-minute video discusses research ethics, including publication ethics. The video is based on the book On Being a Scientist: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in Research (3rd edition). It is from the US National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine.