Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences

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Written by a professional biologist who is also an experienced writing teacher, this handy reference provides detailed instruction on researching, drafting, revising, and documenting papers, reviews, poster presentations, and other forms of scientific writing. The book features bulleted rules, checklists for formatting various scientific papers and a detailed index.
This concise guide to writing in biology is the perfect self-teaching guide for students within biology, zoology and botany departments.

• Comprehensive coverage of the most common writing assignments in undergraduate biology courses, including annotated student examples.
  
• Thorough coverage of other forms of biological writing, including guidelines for oral presentations, lecture slide and poster presentations, research proposals, letters of application, resumes, and cover letters
  
• A chapter on reading effectively and preparing for examinations.
  

• New Technology Tips offer hints regarding best practices for activities such as searching databases and using software designed for charts, graphs, note-taking, and documentation.
  
• Revised and Updated Chapter on Locating and Using Biological Literature, with new coverage of online tools for collaboration and organizing research materials
  
• Updated coverage of Letters of Application and Résumés including new material on using action verbs and key words and advice about online job searching
  

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Victoria E. McMillan

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