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Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"

By | Oct. 08, 2011

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

Toolkit:Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education Toolkit

By | Mar. 02, 2018

This toolkit has been developed for facilitators who are interested in introducing gender mainstreaming in higher education in order to challenge gender inequality.

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Global Health Internship Scheme

By | May. 02, 2013
Costello Medical Consulting is a medical consulting company based in Cambridge (UK), and they are offering a health professional from a low- or middle-income country the opportunity to gain skills in evidence-based medicine by working with them for two-to-three months on a healthcare problem.

Article:The SAMPL Guidelines for Statistical Reporting

By | Mar. 17, 2013
"Basic Statistical Reporting for Articles Published in Biomedical Journals: The 'Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature' or The SAMPL Guidelines” by Thomas A. Lang and Douglas G. Altman. These statistical-reporting guidelines can help authors, editors, and peer reviewers. Most of the content is applicable not only to biomedical but also to other fields.

"Publishing in Open-Access Journals" (Chinese Translation)

By | Feb. 25, 2013
Chinese translation of item posted on AuthorAID website. Contains English text followed by Chinese translation of main content. Translated by Wei LIU, an editor at the Chinese Journal of Cancer, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center.

Online tools for researchers

By | Feb. 18, 2013
A list of online tools for researchers: crowdsourcing research, social networking, sharing scientific data, lab management, writing and publishing...

Web resource:"How to Write for Technical Periodicals & Conferences"

By | Jan. 27, 2013

A 28-page guide from the professional association IEEE. Among topics addressed: ethics in scientific publication, deciding whether to present at a conference or write a journal article, identifying conferences and journals suitable for one’s work, developing a manuscript, revising, and peer review. Interactive, with links to other resources.

Web resource:Author Resource Center

By | Jan. 04, 2013

Online resource on "writing and publishing scholarly manuscripts". Contains a blog (including an Editing Tip of the Week), a resources section, and external links. From the company American Journal Experts (AJE).