Environmental Engineering
Research Guides
Science and Technical Writing
Chicago guide to communicating science
Montgomery, Scott L.. (University of Chicago Press, 2003)Available in the ebrary database (Off-campus authentication required)
Chicago guide to writing about numbers
Miller, Jane E.. (University of Chicago Press, 2004)Available in the ebrary database (Off-campus authentication required)
Very detailed guidelines on poster layout and design
Doing science : design, analysis, and communication of scientific research
Valiela, Ivan. (Oxford University Press, 2001)McNichols Campus Library
Q 180 .A1 V35 2001
This guide from the writing center at Colorado State University includes general guidelines and examples of technical reports.
Engineering writing with Dr. Robert LAne
University Writing Center, Texas A & M University.This podcast discusses how documenting and sharing their work with different types of writing can positively affect engineers in their careers.
Engineers' guide to technical writing
Budinski, Kenneth G.. (ASM International, 2001)Available in the ebrary database (Off-campus authentication required)
How to write & illustrate a scientific paper
Gustavii, Bjorn. (Cambridge University Press, 2003)McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .G86 2003
How to write a grant application
Hackshaw, Allan K.. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)McNichols Campus Library
R 853 .P75 H33 2011
How to write and publish a scientific paper
Day, Robert A.; Gastel, Barbara. (Greenwood Press, 2006)McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .D33 2006
McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .N675 2009
MIT guide to science and engineering communication
Paradis, James G.; Zimmerman, Muriel L.. (MIT Press, 2002)McNichols Campus Library
Q 223 .P33 2002
Reporting results : a practical guide for engineers and scientists
Van Aken ,David C.; Hosford, William F.. (Cambridge University Press, 2008)McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .V358 2008
Reports, proposals, and technical papers
Purdue Online Writing.
This webpage includes information on scientific writing style and document design, as well as examples of tables and figures. It also has a section on writing report abstracts and specific information on writing engineering reports.
Tips and guidelines on the design and layout of research posters.
Science and technical writing : a manual of style
Rubens, Philip (ed.).. (2nd ed., Routledge, 2001)McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .S378 2001
Scientific writing : a reader and writer's guide
Lebrun, Jean-Luc. (World Scientific, 2007)Available in the ebrary database (Off-campus authentication required)
This online booklet by a University of Arizona professor gives detailed instructions on how to write each sectionof a scientific paper.
Short guide to writing about chemistry
Davis, Holly B.; Tyson, Julian F.; Pechenik, Jan A.. (Longman, 2010)McNichols Campus Library
QD 8.5 .D38 2010
Style and Ethics of Communication in Science and Engineering
Humphrey, Jay D.; Holmes, Jeffrey W.. (Morgan & Claypool, 2009)McNichols Campus Library
T10.5 .H865 2009
Technical writing A-Z : a commonsense guide to engineering reports and theses
Young, Trevor M.. (ASME Press, 2005)McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .Y69 2005
Telling stories : a short path to writing better software requirements
Rinzler, Ben. (Wiley Pub., 2009)McNichols Campus Library
QA 76.76 .D47 R57 2009
Twenty-one suggestions for writing good scientific papers
Delong, Michael D..Adapted from a paper by Ken Lertzman
Word usage in scientific writing
A short grammar guide from Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Writing and presenting scientific papers
Malmfors, Birgitta; Garnsworthy, Phil; Grossman, Michael. (Nottingham University Press, 2004)McNichols Campus Library
Available in the ebrary database (Off-campus authentication required)
McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .G626 2006
Writing guidelines for engineering and science students
Alley, Michael.This useful website includes exercises and samples as well as guidleines for poster and slide presentations, engineering correspondence, formal reports, proposals and journal articles.
Writing science : how to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded
Schimel, Joshua. (Oxford University Press, 2012)McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .S35 2012
Writing scientific research articles : strategy and steps
Cargill, Margare; O'Connor, Patrick. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)McNichols Campus Library
T 11 .C327 2009
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