Providing Practical Advice To Students On How To Write For Biology, This Book Shows How To Write For A Particular Audience, Self Evaluate Drafts, And Paraphrase For Improved Comprehension. Chapter 1: The Scientific Method -- An Introduction To The Scientific Method -- Ask A Question -- Look For Answers To Your Questions -- Turn Your Question Into A Hypothesis -- Design An Experiment To Test Your Hypothesis -- Record Data -- Summarize Numerical Data -- Analyze The Data -- Try To Explain The Results -- Revise Original Hypotheses To Take New Findings Into Account -- Share Findings With Other Scientists -- Chapter 2: Developing A Literature Search Strategy -- Databases And Search Engines For Scientific Information -- Comparison Of Databases -- Database Search Strategies -- Understand Your Topic -- Define Your Research Goals -- Subdivide Your Topic Into Concepts -- Choose Effective Keywords -- Connect Keywords With The Operators And, Or, Or Not -- Use Truncation Symbols For Multiple Word Endings -- Search Exact Phrase -- Use The Same Keyword In A Different Database Or Search Engine -- Evaluating Search Results -- Finding Related Articles -- Obtaining Full-text Articles --^ Managing References (citations) -- Refworks -- Chapter 3: Reading And Writing Scientific Papers -- Types Of Scientific Writing -- Hallmarks Of Scientific Writing -- Scientific Paper Format -- Styles For Documenting References -- Strategies For Reading Journal Articles -- Strategies For Reading Your Textbook -- Study Groups -- Plagiarism -- Information That Does Not Have To Be Acknowledged -- Information That Has To Be Acknowledged -- Paraphrasing The Source Text -- The Benefits Of Learning To Write Scientific Papers -- Credibility And Reputation -- Model Papers -- Chapter 4: Step-by-step Instructions For Preparing A Laboratory Report Or Scientific Paper -- Timetable -- Format Your Report Correctly -- Computer Savvy -- Getting Started -- Reread The Laboratory Exercise -- Audience And Tone -- Start With The Materials And Methods Section -- Writing Style -- Details: To Include Or Not To Include? -- Do The Results Section Next -- Writing The Body Of The Results Section --^ Preparing Visuals -- Organizing Your Data -- Think Ahead To The Discussion -- Equations -- Make Connections -- Write The Discussion -- Write The Introduction -- Effective Advertising -- Write The Abstract -- Write The Title -- Documenting Sources -- The Name-year System -- The Citation-sequence System -- Unpublished Laboratory Exercise -- Personal Communication -- Internet Sources -- Journal Articles -- Databases -- Homepages -- E-mails And Discussion Lists -- Chapter 5: Revision -- Getting Ready To Revise -- Take A Break -- Look At The Big Picture -- Get Feedback -- Revise Again -- Conventions In Biology -- Numbers -- Standard Abbreviations -- Punctuation -- Clarity -- Grammar -- Word Usage -- Spelling -- Global Revision -- The Biology Lab Report Checklist -- Chapter 6: A Good Sample Student Laboratory Report -- Laboratory Report Mistakes -- Chapter 7: Poster Presentations -- Why Posters? -- Poster Format -- Layout -- Appearance -- Font (type Size And Appearance) -- Nuts And Bolts --^ Making A Poster In Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 -- Page Setup -- Adding Text, Images, And Graphs -- Aligning Objects -- Proofread Your Work -- Final Printing -- Poster Content -- Title Banner -- Introduction -- Materials And Methods -- Results -- Discussion Or Conclusions -- Literature Citations -- Acknowledgements -- Presenting Your Poster -- Evaluation Form For Poster Presentations -- Sample Posters -- Chapter 8: Oral Presentations -- Organization -- Plan Ahead -- Write The Text -- Prepare The Visuals -- Rehearsal -- Delivery -- Presentation Style -- Integrating Visuals -- Interacting With The Audience -- Group Presentations -- Fielding Listener Questions -- Feedback -- Appendix 1: Word Processing In Microsoft Word 2007 -- Appendix 2: Making Graphs In Microsoft Excel 2007 -- Appendix 3: Preparing Oral Presentations With Microsoft Powerpoint 2007. Karin Knisely. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 281-285) And Index.

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