Handouts: BSC 5936, section 6

BSC 5936, section 4: Scientific Communication

This page provides links to the handouts for the topics covered by the course. Print out each set and bring them to the relevant lectures.

Handouts for "Introduction; forms and purposes of scientific communication"
(These will be supplied to you on paper at the first class meeting, but you may print them out from these links if you prefer or if you should need replacement copies.)

Handouts for "Steps to publication: the master plan"

"Standard Formats for Scientific Papers"

Handouts for "Steps to publication: the first draft"

"Examples of hard-to-see ambiguities" and "Essential parts of a literature citation"

Handouts for "Steps to publication: from draft to submission"

"Sample permission-request letter" and "Some things to watch for in the instructions to authors"

Handouts for "Constructing tables and figures"

"Table 1. Illustration of a properly typed table"

Handouts for "Manuscript preparation"

"A printing glossary," "Default reference formats," and "Alphabetization"

Handouts for "Mechanics of editorial marking"

Handouts for "Grammar basics"

"Useful definitions" and "Grammar basics"

Handouts for "Commas"

"Summary of comma use" and "Example sentences, comma use"

Handouts for "Lesser Problems I"

"Example sentences for lesser problems I"

Handouts for "Dangling Modifiers"

"Example sentences for dangling modifiers"

Handouts for "Lesser Problems II"

"Example sentences for lesser problems II"

Handouts for "Parallelism"

"Example sentences for parallelism"

Handouts for "Lesser Problems III"

Example sentences for lesser problems III