Scientific reading and writing skills - recommended resources

An essential skill for science students is to communicate ideas and facts in a clear and precise way.

I have listed some useful resources below which will provide advice on

• reading 
• note-taking 
• lab reports 
• writing summaries and essays 
• grammar
• revision

Library ITT Dublin books - 

Pechenik, J.A., Lamb, B.C. & Pechenik, J.A. 1994, How to write about biology, HarperCollins.- check library availability

Boyle, Jennifer & Ramsay, Scott 2017, Writing for science students, Palgrave Study Skills - check library availability

Thody, A. 2006, Writing and presenting research, SAGE. - check library availability

Alley, M. 1996, The craft of scientific writing, Springer.- check library availability

Barrass, R. 2002, Scientists must write, Routledge. - check library availability

The "Practical skills" series of books - check availability

Godfrey, Jeanne 2014, "Reading & Making Notes", Palgrave - check library availablility

Online resources -
Hopkins, W. (1999) How to Write a Literature Review and How to Write a Research Paper. Available: http://www.sportsci.org/.  Last accessed 04/01/14. [From the homepage go to Research Resources > Writing]

Reading skills tutorial produced by University of Leeds - http://library.leeds.ac.uk/tutorials/reading/

Reinvent - a tutorial produced by ITT Dublin

Infographic: How to Read Scientific Papers from Elsevier



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Peer review - 3 minute introduction

Here's a quick and easy introduction to the concepts behind, issues around, and types of peer reviewed articles.
 
for more information see: https://www.elsevier.com/reviewers/what-is-peer-review