Hello Lyne (and fellow ECOLOGGERS), I have found the following to be quite helpful:
Alley, Michael. 1996. The craft of scientific writing (3rd Edition). Springer. Gustavii, Bjorn. 2008. How to write and illustrate a scientific paper (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press. Turabian, Kate L. 2007. A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations (Chicago Style for Students and Researchers) (7th edition). University of Chicago Press. I would also like to heartily recommend: Weston, Anthony. 2008. A rulebook for arguments (4th edition). Hackett Publishing. All of these can be found on Amazon. Hope this helps! happy trails bill a > Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 16:02:50 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Suggestions of books on scientific writing? > To: [email protected] > > Dear ECOLOGers, > > I was wondering if any of you would have some suggestion on books or texts > providing tips on how > to improve scientific writing. I have read George Gopen’s book (The sense of > structure, writing from > the reader's perspective; 2004, Pearson Longman editors) and recommend it, > but I would like to > know if there are any other good references out there. > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > Lyne Morissette, PhD. > Ecosystems & marine mammals > Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski
