PHYL 354: Exercise Physiology

Science Writing

This page includes some information, resources and links to help you complete different types of assignments.

Annotated bibliographies, research proposals and written reports

Articles:

• Cody J Weinberger, James A Evans, & Stefano Allesina. (2015). Ten simple (empirical) rules for writing science. PLoS Computational Biology, 11(4), e1004205. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004205
• van Ekelenburg, H. (2010). The art of writing good research proposals. Science Progress, 93, 429–442. 
• Weixiong Zhang. (2014). Ten simple rules for writing research papers. PLoS Computational Biology, 10(1), e1003453. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003453

Web resources:

• Writing an Annotated Bibliography (U. of Toronto)
• Annotated Bibliographies (Writing Center, U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• Helpful Handouts from the No'eau Center

• APA citing & Academic Writing page on this guide

Ebooks from our collections:

Additional resources

• George, A. (2016). Research ethics. Medicine, 44(10), 615–618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpmed.2016.07.007
• Gump, S. (2014). Recovering the Covering Letter: Submitting Manuscripts to Scholarly Journals in the Twenty-First Century. Journal of Scholarly Publishing, 45(2), 172–185. https://doi.org/10.3138/jsp.45.2.004
• Jirge, P. (2017). Preparing and Publishing a Scientific Manuscript. Journal of Human Reproductive Sciences, 10(1), 3–9. https://doi.org/10.4103/jhrs.JHRS_36_17
• Masic, I. (2012). Ethical Aspects and Dilemmas of Preparing, Writing and Publishing of the Scientific Papers in the Biomedical Journals. Acta Informatica Medica, 20(3), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.5455/aim.2012.20.141-148.
• Rhodes, R. (2010). Rethinking research ethics. The American Journal of Bioethics : AJOB, 10(10), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2010.519233

Lab Report Writing

Web resources

• Guidelines for Writing a Lab Report (MIT)
• The Lab Report (U. of Toronto)
• LabWrite (NCSU) : sponsored and funded by National Science Foundation and developed by North Carolina State University, LabWrite is a free online tool to help students write lab reports.