Thanks to everyone for their suggestions! For those who are interested, these are the books/websites that were recommended:
*Most frequently recommende**d books* - A Short Guide to Writing About Biology by Jan A. Pechenik - How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Robert A. Day, Barbara Gastel - Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded by Joshua Schimel *Other books* - Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences (4th edition), by Victoria E. McMillan - A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology by Karin Knisely - Writing Successful Science Proposals by Andrew J. Friedland - Writing in the Biological Sciences: A Comprehensive Resource for Scientific Communication by Angelika H. Hofmann - How to Do Ecology: A Concise Handbook, by Richard Karban, Mikaela Huntzinger - How to Write a Master's Thesis by Yvonne N. Bui - Writing Science in Plain English by Anne E. Greene - Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success by Wendy Laura Belcher - Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps by Margaret O'Connor, Patrick Cargill - The Elements of Style, by Strunk and White *Style guides/Websites* - Chicago Guide to Style Online: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html - The Council of Science Editors manual: http://www.resourcenter.net/Scripts/4Disapi07.dll/store/scientific-style-and-format-7th-edition/13693/ - The CBE Manual: http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?gisbn=9780521471541&cm_mmc=shopcompare-_-paid-_-Google-_-books&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=9780521471541 http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/the-science-of-scientific-writing/1 - National Association of Science Writers: http://www.nasw.org/field-guide-science-writers-official-guide-national-association-science-writers - http://www.bms.bc.ca/resources/library/pdf/GuidelinesScientificPapers.pdf - http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/guide.cfm?guideid=83 - http://www.aacc.org/publications/clin_chem/ccgsw/pages/default.aspx# -- Ann M Showalter PhD candidate, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology program Graduate Assistant Director, Howe Center for Writing Excellence Miami University Oxford, OH 45056 [email protected]
