Chapter 16: Conclusion. Part 3: Getting down to writing -- Chapter 2: The lab / Fieldwork report -- Chapter 3: The essay -- Chapter 4: The dissertation -- Chapter 5: The poster -- Chapter 6: The abstract -- Part 2: Preparing to write -- Chapter 7: Researching the topic and evaluating your materials -- Chapter 8: Incorporating and referencing other people's work -- Chapter 9: Working with data -- Chapter 10: Being critical -- Part 3: Getting down to writing -- Chapter 11: Producing a draft and building your argument -- Chapter 12: Sounding like a scientist -- Chapter 13: How to say exactly what you mean -- Chapter 14: Editing and proofreading your work -- Chapter 15: Making the most of feedback -- Chapter 16: Conclusion.
Summary:
"There are plenty of writing guides for the university audience, but most of them cater to students who spend their whole lives writing essays: students in the arts and the humanities. Scientific degrees don't work that way, and scientific writing doesn't look the same as theirs. This award-winning guide equips students of all scientific disciplines with the skills they need to communicate effectively in written assignments. It offers clear and highly practical guidance on every stage of the writing process, from understanding the assignment they've been set, to researching and planning, right through to drafting and editing"-- Provided by publisher. "Writing for Science Students is a practical guide to the techniques you need for accurate, clear and effective writing. This award-winning book takes you through each stage of the process, from understanding the requirements of your assignment and planning your research, right through to reading, structuring your writing and editing. It will equip you with the key skills you need to complete all types of assignments, including essays, lab and fieldwork reports, posters and dissertations. You'll learn how to: analyse the question you've been set, find and critically evaluate relevant sources of information, incorporate other people's work into your writing, communicate your ideas clearly, use feedback to improve your work. The second edition features new material to help you read, write, and think critically. It also explains the difference between writing evaluative and descriptive essays and includes new and more examples of student writing. Enriched by helpful activities throughout to help you put skills into practice, this is the ideal writing companion for science students of all levels." -- Publisher's Description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.