Matthews J.R. Successful scientific writing: a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences / J.R.Matthews, R.W.Matthews. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. - xii, 240 p.: ill. - Ref.: p.232-235. - Ind.: p.236-240. - ISBN 978-0-521-69927-3  Выставка : «Cambridge University Press - для науки и образования Сибири» Место хранения:   02 | Отделение ГПНТБ СО РАН | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

Preface ........................................................ ix Preface to the third edition .................................... x 1 PREPARING TO WRITE ........................................ 1-30 Search and research .......................................... 1 Conducting a comprehensive literature review Using the Internet wisely and well Tapping other informal and formal communication channels Your research: the big picture Choose a communication venue ................................ 13 Formal publication: the message determines the medium Other ways to publish Plan to succeed ............................................. 21 Organize and plan your message Avoid plagiarism Use the Process Approach to take charge Exercise 1.1. Search strategy and Boolean logic Exercise 1.2. Message, format, and audience Exercise 1.3. Organizing ideas 2 COMPOSING A FIRST DRAFT .................................. 31-55 Deal with matters of authorship ............................. 31 Productivity tools and pitfalls ............................. 33 Use word processing to write more efficiently Master the tools that will make your writing life simpler Spellcheckers, grammar and style analysis programs Follow standard structure ................................... 42 Introduction Materials and methods Results Discussion and conclusions Acknowledgments References Abstracts and summaries The title Other title page items Use tense to show the status of work ........................ 48 Build momentum - and keep it! ............................... 50 Exercise 2.1. Spelling and grammar programs Exercise 2.2. Title choices Exercise 2.3. Tense use 3 VISUAL SUPPORT FOR THE WRITTEN WORD ...................... 56-78 Choosing and using visual aids .............................. 56 Tables Figures Graphs Photographs and other documentary illustrations Explanatory artwork Examining your choices ...................................... 75 Exercise 3.1. Table and figure choices 4 VISUAL SUPPORT FOR THE SPOKEN WORD ...................... 79-102 Oral presentations .......................................... 80 Media choices for oral presentations Developing a traditional text-based oral presentation Visual elements of text, tables, and figures The PowerPoint controversy Speaking in public: the human factor ........................ 91 Control nervousness Delivering the speech or presentation Handling questions Poster presentations: a happy hybrid ........................ 97 Preparing a poster Presenting a poster Exercise 4.1. Slide presentation format Exercise 4.2. Answering questions 5 REVISING TO INCREASE COHERENCE ......................... 103-124 Work efficiently ........................................... 103 Start with organization and logic Use the power at your command Improve the big picture .................................... 105 Rework for clarity Rewrite for readability Condense for brevity When short might be too short .............................. 118 Abbreviations, acronyms, and other shortened forms Noun clusters and strings of pearls Exercise 5.1. Person and point of view Exercise 5.2. Readability Exercise 5.3. Shortened forms Exercise 5.4. Clarity and brevity 6 IMPROVING WORD CHOICE, AND SYNTAX STYLE ................ 125-152 Choose a better word ....................................... 126 Recognize and minimize jargon Use bias-free, inclusive language Choose the right word Focus fuzzy nouns and qualifiers Check the verbs ............................................ 139 Choose livelier verbs Unmask disguised verbs Active and passive voice Subject-verb agreement Beware of strange links .................................... 145 Ambiguous antecedents and misplaced modifiers Dangling participles The mischief of multiples .................................. 148 Collective nouns and noun phrases The grammar of comparisons and lists Exercise 6.1. Jargon Exercise 6.2. Handling language sensitively Exercise 6.3. Devil pairs Exercise 6.4. Which and that Exercise 6.5. Fuzzy words and disguised verbs Exercise 6.6. Active and passive voice Exercise 6.7. Subject-verb agreement Exercise 6.8. Dangling participles and other misplaced modifiers Exercise 6.9. Collective nouns, comparisons, and lists 7 ATTENDING TO GRAMMAR, NUMBERS, AND OTHER MECHANICS ..... 153-181 Tweak the text ............................................. 153 Punctuate for clarity Capitalize consistently Treat scientific names properly Use foreign words and phrases to inform, not impress Fine-tune number use ....................................... 170 Numerals versus written numbers The SI metric system for measurements and weights Very large and very small numbers Percentages Practicing mixed corrections ............................... 179 Exercise 7.1. Punctuation Exercise 7.2. Capitalization Exercise 7.3. Scientific names and other foreign words and phrases Exercise 7.4. Number use and interpretation Exercise 7.5. Practicing mixed corrections 8 the rest of the story .................................. 182-208 Preparing to publish ....................................... 182 Double-check references and attributions Verify submission format Submit the document Remember Murphy's Laws Back and forth: editorial review ........................... 188 Correct galley proof conscientiously Celebrate - You have published! Tips for international publication ......................... 192 Address second-language English readers effectively Choose an effective approach when writing English as a second language Usage and grammar pitfalls for nonnative writers Ethical issues ............................................. 198 Respect your data - and your readers Check again for plagiarism Protect yourself from potential libel and slander charges Legal matters .............................................. 202 Trade names Copyright Permissions Patents Appendix 1: Suggested responses to exercises .................. 209 Appendix 2: Excerpts from "Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: Writing and editing for biomedical publication" ... 221 Selected resources ............................................ 232 Index ......................................................... 236