"Writing and Presenting Scientific Papers" by Birgitta Malmfors, Phil Garnsworthy, Michael Grossman

The aim of this book is to provide guidelines for preparing papers and presentations so that your message can be transmitted clearly and concisely to the reader or listener. Techniques for improving your writing, literature searching and training students in communication are also discussed.

This dynamic manual provides guidelines for written and oral scientific presentations, including how to effectively prepare and deliver papers and presentations, how to find reliable research, and how to write research proposals.

Contents
The Authors
Reviews of the First Edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the first edition
1 Communicating science
ID The ABC of science communication
Scientific versus popular science writing
The sections of a scientific paper reflect the research process
2 Sections of a scientific paper
Major Headings
3 Tables and figures
4 Other types of scientific writing
Literature review
Conference paper and abstract
Thesis or dissertation
Popular science article
Research proposal
5 Getting started in writing
Making an outline facilitates writing
Use a computer for your writing
Start with the sections you find easiest to write
Write a draft - review and revise
6 Improving your writing
How to make your writing easier to read
Do I or don't I?
Writing correctly
7 Writing statistics
Materials and methods
Results
Writing mathematics
Writing numbers, dates and time
8 Literature searching and referencing
Search strategies
Manual searching
Recording your search
Referencing published work
Referencing web addresses
Copyright
9 Getting a paper into print
Preparing your manuscript for submission
i Authorship and addresses
Submission
Editor's and referees' reports
Author proofs
10 Visual Displays
Planning the oral presentation
Preparing the oral presentation
Visuals support your talk
creating visuals
Performing the oral presentation
11 Poster presentation
Attract viewers and show the essentials
Designing the poster
Presenting the poster
12 Training students in writing and presentation
Undergraduate and Masters level
Postgraduate LEVEL
Training communication skills - in summary
13 Reviewing Papers and Presentations
Written papers
Students' written work
Book reviews
Assessment of presentations
Further Reading
Books
Journal articles
Web sites (All accessed October 2003)
Index

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