Style Guides & Grammar Rules

Australian Government Information Management Office (2006) Style manual for authors, editors and printers. http://www.agimo.gov.au/information/publishing/style_manual [Where to buy the Australian Style Guide]

 

Grammar GIrl (2007) I.e. Versus E.g. Episode 53: May 05, 2007 Quick and Dirty Tips http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/ie-eg-oh-my.aspx

Grammar Exercises

Alley, M. & Moore, C. (2003) Writing Exercises for Engineers and Scientists.  University of Texas, Austin. http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/exercises/index.html   

Anon. (1998b) The Basic Elements of English. English Department, University of Calgary, Canada. http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/index.htm

 

Darling, C. (2004a) Guide to Grammar and Writing: The principles of composition. Capital Community College Foundation Hartford, Connecticut. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/  

 

Simmons, R.L. (2008) Exercises at Grammar Bytes. http://chompchomp.com/exercises.htm

Oral Presentation

Purrington, C. (2005) Gratuitous advice on giving a talk. Swathmore College. http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/powerpointadvice.htm 

Publishing

DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals. Lund University Libraries. http://www.doaj.org/

Caltech Library Services (2006) Journal Title Abbreviations. http://library.caltech.edu/reference/abbreviations/  

Eysenbach G (2006) Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles. PLoS Biology Vol. 4, No. 5, e157 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157

Garfield, E (2005) The Agony and the Ecstasy – The History and Meaning of the Journal Impact Factor. Presented at the International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication, Chicago, September 16, 2005. 22pp.  http://garfield.library.upenn.edu/papers/jifchicago2005.pdf

Lundberg, G. (2003) The "omnipotent" Science Citation Index Impact Factor. The Medical Journal of Australia. 178 (6): 253-254. http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/178_06_170303/editorials_170303-2.html

National Library of Australia (2009) Australian Journals OnLine: The National Library’s database of Australian electronic journals. http://www.nla.gov.au/ajol/

McVeigh, M. (2004) Open Access Journals in the ISI Citation Databases: Analysis of Impact Factors and Citation Patterns; A citation study from Thomson Scientific. Thomson Scientific. http://science.thomsonreuters.com/m/pdfs/openaccesscitations2.pdf

Thomson Scientific (2009) Science Citation Index® http://scientific.thomson.com/products/sci/

Thomson Scientific (2009) Journal Citation Reports®  http://scientific.thomson.com/products/jcr/

Science Ethics & Research Skills

National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Research Council and Universities Australia (2007) Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/r39syn.htm 

Lett, J. (1990) A field guide to critical thinking. Skeptical Inquirer 14(2):153 http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html

Macrae, K., Wright, W. & Patti, T. (2004) Study Guide 4: Ethics in Science. Monash University. http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/subject/sci2010/resources/sg4.htm

Science Writing & General References

Bolton, M. (2006) What counts as intelligence. Ockham’s Razor: ABC Radio National Transcript 15 October 2006 http://www.webcitation.org/5Z9NLK9OM

Callahan, S. (2007) What I believe about learning. Anecdote http://www.anecdote.com.au/archives/2006/10/what_i_believe.html  

Chandler, D. (1995) Writing Strategies. The University of Wales. Http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/strats.html

Commonwealth of Australia (2006) What is Intellectual Property? http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au/ip/index.shtml  

Molloy, M. & Ebert, S. (2007) Acronym Finder http://www.acronymfinder.com/

University of Washington Institute for Public Health Genetics (2009a) Handouts: Science without Snoozing. http://depts.washington.edu/phgen/resources/writing.shtml

University of Washington Institute for Public Health Genetics (2009b) Handouts: Transitions for Clarity. http://depts.washington.edu/phgen/resources/writing.shtml

Wolvaardt, E. (2007) Extra! Extra! New Science Breakthrough! Cosmos http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1003

Thesis & Report Writing

Council of Australian University Librarians (1997) Australasian Digital Thesis Program. http://adt.caul.edu.au/   [PhD theses available online].

O’Brien, D., Fitzgerald, A., Fitzgerald, B., Chisholm, S., Coates, J. & Pappalardo, K. (2007) Copyright Guide for Research Students: What you need to know about copyright before depositing your electronic thesis in an online repository. Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology. 26 pp. http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/files/Copyright%20Guide%20for%20Research%20Students.pdf