Physics

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

Need help with citations?

Our Citing Sources guide includes all the information you need to cite using APA, ASA, Chicago Manual and MLA citation styles. Also, the guide Citation Tools' page includes links to web resources to help you generate and manage citations.