Writing and Citing Resources: How to Write Scientific Papers: Scientific Writing Resources
Books, web sites, and tutorials to help you improve your writing and cite your sources correctly..
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Scientific and Medical Writing Books
View a UNC Libraries Catalog search for books (electronic and print) on the subject of Medical Writing. Selected electronic books are listed below:
Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing : A Self-help Guide by ISBN: 9783642394454Publication Date: 2014
Writing Assistance from UNC Chapel Hill
UNC Writing Center
- About the Writing CenterInformation about Writing Center services for students, faculty, and staff in the professional schools.
- Writing Center HandoutsCollections handouts and multimedia demos for all aspects of academic writing. See especially the handouts for Annotated Bibliographies and Literature Reviews.
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UNC Research Funding Information Portal
- Proposal Writing ResourcesFrom UNC Research Funding Information Portal.
UNC Libraries Tutorials
- Copyright BasicsProvides a basic explanation of how US Copyright law impacts reuse of published resources. Includes a brief quiz to test your knowledge.
- Plagiarism and Citing Sources (Health Affairs)This guide explains what plagiarism is and provides a short quiz to help you test your knowledge.
- Plagiarism Tutorial (Multidisciplinary)The Plagiarism Tutorial is a series of web-based, self-paced modules designed to help you learn about the broad issues surrounding plagiarism and how to best avoid this academic issue.
- Structure of Scholarly Articles and Peer ReviewExplains the standard parts of a medical research article, compares characteristics of types of journals, and shows how to find peer reviewed articles and journals.