BSC 5936, Scientific Communication

Useful Textbooks and Reference works

CBE Style Manual Committee. 1994. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, 6th edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 825 pp.

Chicago University Press. 1982. The Chicago Manual of Style, 13th edition. Chicago University Press, Chicago. 738 pp.

Cook, Claire Kehrwald. 1985. Line by Line: How to Improve Your Own Writing. Houghton Mifflin, Boston.

Fowler, H. W., and G. F. Fowler. 1931. The King's English, 3rd edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 383 pp.
      (full text of 2nd edition available on line at http://www.bartleby.com)

Gowers, E. (revised by B. Fraser). 1973. The Complete Plain Words, 2nd edition. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. 241 pp.

Hunter, J. (editor). 1990. Writing for Fishery Journals. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland.

O'Connor, M., and F. P. Woodford. 1975. Writing Scientific Papers in English: An ELSE-Ciba Foundation Guide for Authors. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 108 pp.

Strunk, W., Jr., and E. B. White. 1979. The Elements of Style, 3rd edition. Macmillan, New York.
      (full text of 1918 edition available on line at http://www.bartleby.com)

Trelease, S. F. 1958. How to Write Scientific and Technical Papers. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore. 185 pp.

Woodford, F. P. (editor). 1986. Scientific Writing for Graduate Students: A Manual on the Teaching of Scientific Writing. Council of Biology Editors, Bethesda. 187 pp.

Woodford, F. P., B. Gastel, and M. E. Goode. 1999. How to Teach Scientific Communication. Council of Biology Editors, Reston, Virginia. 199 pp.


Department of Biological Science
Florida State University

Instructor:

Dr. Anne B. Thistle, 334 Conradi Building
644-5131, thistle@bio.fsu.edu
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