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Preparing Professional Publications


This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the Rowland Medical Library.  While regular exercise and fitness goals are healthy, some athletes take their training to the extreme by abusing performance-enhancing drugs in pursuit of heightened performance.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books/
  Selected indexes, abstracts and databases / Selected electronic resources


Guides
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The Author's guide to biomedical journals : complete manuscript submission instructions for 185 leading biomedical periodicals / New York : Mary Ann Liebert, c1994.
BOOK STACKS   Z 253 A973 1994

How to write and publish a scientific paper / Robert A. Day.  Phoenix: Oryx Press, c1988. 
BOOK STACKS   T 11 D3 19
88

How to write and publish papers in the medical sciences / Edward J. Huth.  Philadelphia: ISI Press, c1982.
B
OOK STACKS   WZ 345 H8 1982

Research proposals : a guide to success / Thomas E. Ogden.  New York : Raven Press, c1991.
BOOK STACKS   W 20.5 O323 1991

Scientific English : a guide for scientists and other professionals / Robert A. Day.  Phoenix, Ariz. : Oryx Press, c1995.
BOOK STACKS   WZ 345 D297 1995

Writing up qualitative research / Harry F. Wolcott.  Newbury Park, CA : Sage Publications, 1990.
BOOK STACKS   T 11 W642 1990


Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries
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The art and science of writing : a handbook for health science students / Pat Young.  London : Chapman and Hall, c1996.
BOOK STACKS   W 18.2 Y686 1996

Developing a professional vita or resume / Carl McDaniels.  Garrett park, Md. : Garrett Park Press, c1990.
BOOK STACKS   HF 5383 M222 1990

National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation / Karen Patrias. Bathesda, MD : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section, [1991].
REFERENCE   WZ 345 P277 1991

The Oxford Dictionary for scientific writers and editors / Edited by Alan Isaacs, John Daintith, Elizabeth Martin.  Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
REFERENCE   Q 123 O936 1991


Selected textbooks
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Stealing into print : fraud, plagiarism, and misconduct in scientific publishing / Marcel C. LaFollette.  Berkeley : University of California Press, c1992.
BOOK STACKS   Z 286 S4 L136 1992


More books

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Suggested subject headings: Publishing
Authorship
Writing
Writing - Handbooks

Selected indexes, abstracts, and databases:

For article-level searching, log into the RML web site and select "Electronic Databases" from the drop-down box near the top of the page.  For the topic "Preparing Professional Publications," you might try the following databases:

  • Academic Search Elite
  • Academic Search Premier
  • Basic BIOSIS
  • Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
  • Ebsco Health Source: Consumer Edition
  • ERIC
  • Index Medicus & MEDLINE Database
  • Newspaper Source

Selected electronic resources

 


Author:  Lauren M. Young
Copyright 2005 (Rev 2006)
Rowland Medical Library
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson