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Successful scientific writing: a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences

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Beteiligte Personen:	Matthews, Janice R. 1943- (VerfasserIn), Matthews, Robert W. 1942- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2008
Ausgabe:	3. ed.
Schlagwörter:	Wissenschaftliches Manuskript Methode
Links:	http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=017444666&sequence=000002&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA
Beschreibung:	Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Umfang:	XII, 240 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:	9780521699273

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adam_text	Titel: Successful scientific writing Autor: Matthews, Janice R Jahr: 2008 Contents Preface page ix Preface to the third edition x 1 PREPARIMG TO WRITE 1-30 Search and research 1 Conducting a comprehensive literature review Using the Internet wisely and well Tapping other informal and formal communication Channels Your research; the big picture Choose a communication venue 13 Formal publication: the message determines the medium Other ways to publish Plan to succeed 21 Organize and plan your message Avoid plagiarism Use the Process Approach to take charge Exercise 1.1. Search strategy and Boolean logic Exercise 1.2. Message, format, and audience Exercise 1.3. Organizing ideas 2 COMPOSING A FIRST DRAFT 31-55 Deal with matters of authorship 31 Productivity tools and pitfalls 33 Use word processing to write more efficiently Master the tools that will make your writing life simpler Spellcheckers, grammar and style analysis programs Follow Standard structure 42 Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion and conclusions vi Contents Acknowledgments References Abstracts and summaries The title Other title page items Use tense to show the Status of work ? Build momentum - and keep it! Exercise 2.1. Spelling and grammar programs Exercise 2.2. Title choices Exercise 2.3. Tense use 3 VISUAL SUPPORT FOR THE WRITTEN WORD 56-78 Choosing and using Visual aids Tables Figures Graphs Photographs and other documentary illustrations Explanatory artwork Examining your choices Exercise 3.1. Table and figure choices 4 VISUAL SUPPORT FOR THE SPOKEN WORD 79-102 80 Oral presentations Media choices for oral presentations Developing a traditional text-based oral presentation Visual elements oftext, tables, and figures The PowerPoint controversy Speaking in public: the human factor Control nervousness Delivering the speech or presentation Handling questions Poster presentations: a happy hybrid Preparing a poster Presenting a poster Exercise 4.1. Slide presentation format Exercise 4.2. Answering questions 5 REVISING TO INCREASE COHERENCE 103-124 Work efficiently Start with Organization and logic Use the power at your command Improve the big picture * Rework for clarity Rewrite for readability Condense for brevity Contents vii When short might be too short 118 Abbreviations, acronyms, and other shortened forms Noun Clusters and strings of pearls Exercise 5.1. Person and point of view Exercise 5.2. Readability Exercise 5.3. Shortened forms Exercise 5.4. Claritv and brevitv 6 IMPROVING WORD CHOICE, AND SYNTAX STYLE 125-152 Choose a better word 126 Recognize and rninirnize jargon Use bias-free, inclusive language Choose the right word Focus fuzzy nouns and qualifiers Check the verbs 139 Choose livelier verbs Unmask disguised verbs Active and passive voice Subject-verb agreement Beware of stränge links 145 Ambiguous antecedents and misplaced modifiers Dangling participles The mischief of multiples 148 Collective nouns and noun phrases The grammar of comparisons and lists Exercise 6.1. Jargon Exercise 6.2. Handling language sensitively Exercise 6.3. Devil pairs Exercise 6.4. Which and that Exercise 6.5. Fuzzy words and disguised verbs Exercise 6.6. Active and passive voice Exercise 6.7. Subject-verb agreement Exercise 6.8. Dangling participles and other misplaced modifiers Exercise 6.9. Collective nouns, comparisons, and lists 7 ATTENDING TO GRAMMAR, NUMBERS, AND OTHER MECHANICS 153-181 Tweakthetext 153 Punctuate for claritv Capitalize consistently Treat scientific names properly Use foreign words and phrases to inform, not impress viii Contents Fine-tune number use 170 Numerais versus written numbers The SI metric system for measurements and weights Very large and very small numbers Percentages Practicing mixed corrections 79 Exercise 7.1. Punctuation Exercise 7.2. Capitalization Exercise 7.3. Scientific names and other foreign words and phrases Exercise 7.4. Number use and interpretation Exercise 7.5. Practicing mixed corrections 8 THE REST OF THE STORY 182-208 Preparing to publish * 2 Double-check references and attributions Verify Submission format Submit the document Remember Murphy s Laws Back and form: editorial review °° Correct galley proof conscientiously Celebrate - You have published! Tips for international publication ^2 Address second-Ianguage English readers effectively Choose an effective approach when writing English as a second language Usage and grammar pitfalls for nonnative writers Ethical issues ^8 Respect your data - and your readers Check again for plagiarism Protect yourself from potential libel and slander charges Legal matters 202 Trade names Copyright Permissions Patents Appendix 1: Suggested responses to exercises 209 Appendix 2: Excerpts from Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedicalJournals: Writing and editing for biomedkal publication 221 Selected resources 232 Index 236
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