Contents
Writing Guides | Dictionaries and Reference Works | Additional Books and Online Articles | Style Guides for Relevant Journals | Writing Exercises - Test Your Knowledge!
Writing Guides
Two short guides by Victoria Van Cappellen specifically on writing and revising peer-reviewed journal articles:
Recommended Dictionaries and Reference Works FREE and ONLINE!
- Merriam Webster’s Learner’s Dictionary (provides definitions in plain English plus lots of examples - a great resource for non-native English speakers)
- Merriam Webster’s online dictionary (official spelling for AGU journals)
- The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) (a comprehensive grammar reference)
- Strunk and White's Elements of Style
Additional Books and Online Articles:
- Day, Robert A. and Gastel, Barbara (2006) How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 6th edition. Greenwood Press, 302 p. **(4th edition available at the UW Library, Davis Location, Reference Collection, Main Floor (Non-Circulating), Call# T11.D33 1994)
- Day, Robert A. (1995) Scientific English, 2nd edition. Oryx Press, 148 p. **(Available at the UW Library, Davis Location, Reference Collection, Main Floor (Non-Circulating), Call# PE1475 .D38 1992)
- Alley, Michael (1987, 1996) The Craft of Scientific Writing. Prentice-Hall, 225 p. **(3rd edition available at UW Library, Davis Location, Book Stacks, Main Floor, Call# T11.A37 1996)
- Gopen and Swan (1991) The Science of Scientific Writing. Scientific American.
- University of Waterloo Library Subject Guides
Author and Style Guides for Relevant Journals:
- Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
- Environmental Science & Technology: Index and Authors' Guide
- American Geophysical Union (AGU) Publications
Writing Exercises - Test your Knowledge!
- Exercises based on Michael Alley's book, "The Craft of Scientific Writing: http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/exercises/
- Exercises based on Purdue University's Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/
