Featured Resources
Toolkit:A guide to starting and running an AuthorAID journal club
In this guide, we outline the steps to starting and running your own AuthorAID journal club and share learning from our existing journal clubs.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Research Writing Toolkit
Resources to run a participatory research writing workshop at your institution.
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
Toolkit:Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education Toolkit
This toolkit has been developed for facilitators who are interested in introducing gender mainstreaming in higher education in order to challenge gender inequality.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Training of Trainers toolkit
Resources to run a training of trainers in research writing workshop at your institution.
Resource Library
Book:Manual for Editors of Health Science Journals (French-Language Version)
From the Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors; published by the World Health Organization.
Book:Manual for Editors of Health Science Journals (Arabic-Language Version)
From the Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors; published by the World Health Organization.
Presentation:Preparing the Literature Review Section of a Dissertation
PDF of PowerPoint presentation. Topics include reasons for doctoral students to review the literature, purposes of the literature review section of a dissertation, and advice for preparing the literature review section of a dissertation.
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
Article:Guía Rápida para Mentores
Article:Acuerdo de Aprendizaje por Mentoría de AuthorAID
Article:"A Brief Guide to Designing Effective Figures for the Scientific Paper"
A short article presenting advice on designing figures (such as diagrams and graphs). Authored by a scientist and 2 design specialists. Appeared in 2011 in the journal Advanced Materials. Much of the advice applies to figures not only in the sciences but also in other fields. Likewise, much of the advice also applies to figures in other forms of communication, such as presentations.
Book:Guidance for the Description of Animal Research in Scientific Publications
Article:"How to Be a Bad Referee?!"
Article:"Twelve Tips for Reviewers"
By Henry L. Roediger III, a psychology professor at Washington University in St. Louis, USA.