We at Research Communications like to think of our endeavor as a resource for the scientific community.  We think that good science is better when it is communicated well.  Helping our colleagues to get published or funded and to prepare better documents through our editorial services is only part of our mission.  Helping scientists to become better writers is also part of what we hope to accomplish.  On this page you will find our library of resources to help you improve your technical writing skills.  We update this listing from time to time, so check back often.  If you find any bad links, or if you have comments on any of these resources, please let us know at: admin@writing4science.com .

http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDetail/assetid/23947/page/1  This link goes to a very informative article by George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan.  It instructs the writer to approach the task from the perspective of the reader.  There are a number of other interesting articles available on the American Scientist website, as well, if you care to browse.

http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/  This very informative website, published by Virginia Tech, contains guidelines, instructions, templates and writing exercises for a number of technical writing tasks.  One of the editors of the website, Michael Alley, is also the author of a very good book, The Craft of Scientific Writing.  The staff of Research Communications recommends The Craft of Scientific Writing as an excellent text for anyone wanting to improve their technical writing skills. For additional information about this book, go to http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/csw.html .

http://www.sportsci.org/jour/9901/wghstyle.html  This article, published in the journal, Sportscience, contains a concise set of guidelines for writing in scientific style.  Although it is written to conform to certain to the guidelines of a specific publishing body, it is a useful general reference.

http://writing.colostate.edu/references/processes/science/index.cfm  This is a fairly comprehensive guide to scientific writing, published by the Colorado State University Writing Center.

http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1999/dec/opin_991206.html  Although this is not really a technical reference, it is a good article on scientific writing, in general.  The website is run by the The Scientist, a general "trade magazine" of science, and requires a free registration, but it is worth it.

http://wwwcivm.mc.duke.edu/civmResources/iplHelp/writing.tips/writing.tips.html  A short site with some good bullet points on scientific writing.  The last section, Bumblerules of Grammar, is both amusing and a good thing to tape to the wall by your desk.

http://www.union.edu/RESOURCES/LANGWRIT/WRITING/Help/links.html#internet  This site, published by the Union College Writing Center is another good general writing reference, with lots of good links to web resources.

http://www.bartleby.com  This is an excellent web resource.  Bartleby.com is an online publisher of all sorts of reference materials as well as great works of literature (and it is all FREE).  The reference section contains many valuable publications, including thesauri, manuals of style, language usage texts, and more.

http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=library%5Csciwriting.html This site is provided by the American Chemical Society and contains a number of useful links to scientific writing resources.