Resources for Writing and Presenting

Here is a selected list of resources to help you enhance your writing, presenting, and other scholarly communication skills in science and engineering:

Writing:

• A short guide to writing about chemistry / Holly B. Davis, Julian F. Tyson, Jan A. Pechenik. 2011
• The structure of scientific articles : applications to citation indexing and summarization / Simone Teufel. 2010.
• Science research writing for non-native speakers of English / Hilary Glasman-Deal. 2010
• Handbook of technical writing / Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, Walter E. Oliu.2009.
• Write like a chemist : a guide and resource / Marin S. Robinson ... [et al.]. 2008
• Reporting results : a practical guide for engineers and scientists / David C. Van Aken, William F. Hosford. 2008.
• How to write and illustrate scientific papers / Björn Gustavii. 2008
• A guide to writing as an engineer / David Beer, David McMurrey. 2005.

Presenting:

• Presentation skills for scientists : a practical guide / Edward Zanders, Lindsay. 2010
• When the scientist presents : an audio and video guide to science talks / Jean-Luc Lebrun. 2010
• Presenting science : a practical guide to giving a good talk / Çiğdem İşsever and Ken Peach. 2010
• Explaining research : how to reach key audiences to advance your work / Dennis Meredith. 2010
• Am I making myself clear? : a scientist's guide to talking to the public / Cornelia Dean. 2009
• Speaking about science : a manual for creating clear presentations / Scott Morgan, Barrett Whitener. 2006

Communication:

• Study & communication skills for the chemical sciences / Tina Overton, Stuart Johnson, and Jon Scott. 2011
• Learning to communicate in science and engineering : case studies from MIT / Mya Poe, Neal Lerner, and Jennifer Craig ; foreword by James Paradis. 2010
• Open science : sharing knowledge in the global century / Julian Cribb and Tjempaka Sari. 2010
• Style and ethics of communication in science and engineering / Jay D. Humphrey, Jeffrey W. Holmes.
• Doing science : design, analysis, and communication of scientific research / Ivan Valiela. 2009.

Web Resources:

• Publishing Your Research 101 Videos by ACS
  How to write a paper to communicate your research;
  Inproving your writing skills
  Writing your cover letter
  Selecting peers to suggest as reviewers
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Ted.com - Online FREE presentation collection

Created by Shiyi Xie, April 28, 2011. Updated on August 2, 2011