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Information, Research and Study Skills Resources: Scientific and Academic Writing

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General Academic Writing Books

Academic Writing by Stephen Bailey
ISBN: 9780415384209

Publication Date: 2006
Academic Writing for Graduate Students, Second Edition by John M. Swales; Christine A. Beer Feak; Christine B. Feak
ISBN: 9780472088560

Publication Date: 2004
Becoming an Academic Writer by Patricia Goodson
ISBN: 9781452203867

Publication Date: 2013
A Student's Writing Guide by Gordon Taylor
ISBN: 9780521729796

Publication Date: 2009
Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword
ISBN: 9780674064485

Publication Date: 2012
Successful academic writing by A.Gillett, Angela Hammond and Mary Martala
Call Number: Online

ISBN: 9780273721710

Publication Date: 2009
Success in Academic Writing by Trevor Day
ISBN: 9780230369702

Publication Date: 2013
Write It Right by Martin Coyle; John Peck
ISBN: 1403994870

Publication Date: 2007
Writing for Academic Success by Gail Craswell and Megan Poore
ISBN: 9780857029287

Publication Date: 2012

Available physically at Edinburgh and Malaysia campus

Writing Articles and Papers

How to Write a Good Scientific Paper by Chris A Mack
Call Number: Online

ISBN: 9781510619142

Publication Date: 2018
How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper by Robert A. Day; Barbara Gastel
ISBN: 9780521671675

Publication Date: 2006
Preparing Research Articles by Bruce A. Thyer
ISBN: 9780195323375

Publication Date: 2008
Scientific Papers and Presentations by Martha Davis; Kaaron Joann Davis; Marion Dunagan
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9780123847270

Publication Date: 2012
Writing for Academic Journals by Murray
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9780335240111

Publication Date: 2009
Writing Scientific Research Articles by Margaret Cargill; Patrick O'Connor
ISBN: 9781405186193

Publication Date: 2009

Academic English & English Language

Access EAP : frameworks : Course book by Olwyn Alexander and Sue Argent
ISBN: 9781859645581

Publication Date: 2013
The student phrase book : vocabulary for writing at University by Jeanne Godfrey
Call Number: 810.6 GOD

ISBN: 9780230289338

Publication Date: 2013
Cambridge English for Engineering by Mark Ibbotson
Call Number: Edinburgh 820.1 IBB

ISBN: 9780521715188

Publication Date: 2008
The Student's Guide to Writing: grammar, punctuation and spelling by John Peck; Martin Coyle
ISBN: 1403997381

Publication Date: 2005
English for Writing Research Papers by Adrian Wallwork
Call Number: Available online

ISBN: 9781441979223

Publication Date: 2011

Excellent advice on structure, paraphrasing, deciding what results to include, etc.

Scientific and Technical Writing Books

Effective Communication for science and technology by Joan van Emden
Call Number: 810.61 EMD [Edinburgh]

ISBN: 9780333775462

Publication Date: 2001
The Handbook of Technical Writing by Gerald J. Alred; Charles T. Brusaw; Walter E. Oliu
ISBN: 9781250004413

Publication Date: 2011
How to Write Technical Reports: Understandable Structure, Good Design, Convincing Presentation by Lutz Hering; Heike Hering
Call Number: ebook

ISBN: 1282982052

Publication Date: 2011
Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing by Silvia M. Rogers
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9783540345084

Publication Date: 2007
Science Research Writing: for non-native speakers of English by Hilary Glasman-Deal
ISBN: 9781848163102

Publication Date: 2009
Scientific Writing 2.0 by Jean-Luc Lebrun
ISBN: 9789814350600

Publication Date: 2011
The Scientist's Guide to Writing, 2nd Edition by Stephen B. Heard
ISBN: 9780691219189

Publication Date: 2022
Scientists Must Write by Robert Barrass
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 0203994116

Publication Date: 2002
Technical writing : a practical guide for engineers, scientists, and nontechnical professionals by Phillip Laplante
Call Number: eBook

ISBN: 9780429467394

Publication Date: 2018
Writing Scientific Research Articles by Margaret Cargill; Patrick O'Connor
ISBN: 9781405186193

Publication Date: 2009