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Directories and Associations


INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NURSING EDITORS
URL: http://www.nursingeditors.org/ 
MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY: AMERICAN MEDICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION
REF R119 M51 2001. 
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Internet Guides and Resources


APA STYLE: ELECTRONIC MEDIA AND URLS
Update on APA Style guidelines for citing electronic resources 
URL: http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html 
CITING MEDICINE: THE NLM STYLE GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND PUBLISHERS
Citing Medicine provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations.  
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=citmed.TOC&depth=2 
ETBLAST
A FREE search engine that allows searching by using entire paragraphs. Results include a list of releated articles listed in order of relevance. 
URL: http://invention.swmed.edu/etblast/index.shtml 
GREY LITERATURE REPORT
(NYAM).  The New York Academy of Medicine has compiled a database of 'Grey Literature' presenting many aspects of Public Health. 
URL: http://www.nyam.org/library/pages/grey_literature_report 
SHERPA
"It is developing open-access institutional repositories in a number of research universities to facilitate the rapid and efficient worldwide dissemination of research." Lists existing institutional repositories. Lists publishers with information on their copyright policies for self-archiving. It is Britain based (hosted be the University of Nottingham)  
URL: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/index.html 
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Resumes


RESUME WRITING: A COMPREHENSIVE HOW-TO-DO-IT GUIDE
Bostwick, B.E..  4th ed. 
REF HF5383.B65 1990. 
RESUMES AND PERSONAL STATEMENTS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Tysinger, J.W. 2nd ed..  REF R690.T96 1999 . 
RESUMES FOR THE HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL
Marino, K..  REF R690 M333 2000. 
RESUMES THAT KNOCK 'EM DEAD
Yate, M.J. 6th ed. .  REF HF5383.Y38 2004. 
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Proposals and Grants


DIRECTORY OF OPERATING GRANTS: A REFERENCE DIRECTORY IDENTIFYING GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS AVAILABLE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
8th ed. 
REF HV89.E34 2006. 
DIRECTORY OF RESEARCH GRANTS
LB 2338D62 2006. 
GRANT APPLICATION WRITER'S HANDBOOK
Reif-Lehrer, L..  R853.P75 R27 2005. 
GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE GRANT WRITING: HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL NIH GRANT
Yang, Otto O..  REF RA11.D6 Y36 . 
NIH PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY
A new policy for the submission of peer-review articles that result from NIH funding to PubMed Central. 
URL: http://scholcomm.columbia.edu/nih-public-access-policy 
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS: A GUIDE
Patricia L. Munhall, PL, Chenail.R.  "This step-by-step, instructive guide provides essential information on formatting and reporting qualitative research abstracts and reports. Key features include internet resources and appendices with examples of outlines and different methods for qualitative research studies, as well as example dissertation outlines."-- BOOK JACKET. 
REF RT81.5 .M854. 
RESEARCH PROPOSALS: A GUIDE TO SUCCESS
Ogden, T.E..  3rd. ed. 
REF R853.P75 O35 2002. 
THE FOUNDATION CENTER'S GUIDE TO PROPOSAL WRITING
Geever, J.C..  4th ed. 
REF HG177.5 U6 G44 2004. 
THE GRANTS REGISTER
REF LB2338 G76 . 
WRITING THE NIH GRANT PROPOSAL: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE
Gerin, William.  REF RA11.D6 G47 . 
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Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations


GUIDE TO THE SUCCESSFUL THESIS AND DISSERTATION: A HANDBOOK FOR STUDENTS AND FACULTY
Mauch, J.E..  4th ed. 
REF LB 2369.M377 1998. 
HOW TO WRITE A PAPER
Hall, G.M.. 3rd ed..  URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio4863082 
MANUAL FOR WRITERS OF TERM PAPERS, THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
Turabian, K..  6th ed. 
REF Z253.T84 1996. 
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND REPORTS: A GUIDE
Patricia L. Munhall, PL, Chenail.R.  "This step-by-step, instructive guide provides essential information on formatting and reporting qualitative research abstracts and reports. Key features include internet resources and appendices with examples of outlines and different methods for qualitative research studies, as well as example dissertation outlines."-- BOOK JACKET. 
REF RT81.5 .M854. 
RESEARCH PROPOSALS: A GUIDE TO SUCCESS
Ogden, TE.  REF R853.P75 O35 2002. 
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Publishing in Professional Journals


HOW TO REPORT STATISTICS IN MEDICINE: ANNOTATED GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND REVIEWERS
Lang, Thomas A..  REF RA409 .L357 . 
HOW TO WRITE AND PUBLISH A SCIENTIFIC PAPER
Day, R.A..  5th ed. 
REF T11.D33 1998. 
INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES
Links to Web sites which provide instructions to authors of over 2,000 journals in the health sciences. All links are to publishers or organizations having editorial responsibilities for particular titles. 
URL: http://mulford.meduohio.edu/instr/ 
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF NURSING EDITORS
URL: http://www.nursingeditors.org/ 
JANE (JOURNAL/AUTHOR NAME ESTIMATOR)
This resource offers help in finding the best journal for publishing a new paper, and more. 
URL: http://www.biosemantics.org/jane/ 
NURSE AUTHOR AND EDITOR JOURNAL DIRECTORY
"Nurse Author & Editor is an international publication dedicated to nurse authors, editors and reviewers." "Each issue of Nurse Author & Editor consists of articles offering advice on writing quality manuscripts, avoiding rejection, finding publishing opportunities, editing and reviewing." Offers a nursing Journals Directory with Author Guidelines for each journal. 
URL: http://www.nurseauthor.com/library.asp 
PUBLISHING AND PRESENTING CLINICAL RESEARCH
Browner, W.S.. 2nd edition.  Includes chapters on references and electronic publishing, authorship, posters, oral presentations, and responding to journal published reviews... 
R852 .B77 2006. 
THE CLINICIAN'S GUIDE TO MEDICAL WRITING
Robert B. Taylor.  "This book teaches what clinicians need to know about medical writing and publishing...Readers learn how to translate observations and ideas from practice into written form and eventually into print." Book Jacket 
R119 .T395 2005. 
UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS FOR MANUSCRIPTS SUBMITTED TO BIOMEDICAL JOURNALS
Developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, formerly known as the Vancouver Group. 
URL: http://www.icmje.org/#aboutur 
WRITERS' GUIDE TO NURSING PERIODICALS
Daly, JM.  RT 24.D35 2000. 
WRITING AND GETTING PUBLISHED: A PRIMER FOR NURSES
Barum, B.S..  REF RT24.B37 1995. 
WRITING AND PUBLISHING IN MEDICINE
Huth, E.J..  3rd ed. 
REF R119.H97 1999. 
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Style Manuals


NASW PRESS AUTHOR GUIDELINES
National Association of Social Workers.  Manuscript submission requirements for the NASW with guidance on general rules of writing. 
URL: http://naswpress.org/authors/guidelines/00-contents.html 
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION MANUAL OF STYLE: A GUIDE FOR AUTHORS AND EDITORS
Iverson, Cheryl (editor).  REF R119 .A53 . 
APA - PUBLICATION MANUAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
American Psychological Association..  REF BF76.7.P96 . 
URL: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html 
APA STYLE - ELECTRONIC REFERENCES
A brief guide to citing electronic references using American Psychological Association style. 
URL: http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html 
BRIEF GUIDE TO CITING GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
A guide to citing government publications from the University of Memphis libraries. 
URL: http://www.lib.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/citeweb.html 
CITING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS: A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GUIDES TO CITATION FORMATS USEFUL FOR RESEARCHERS USING GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/dsc/citation.html 
CITING MEDICINE: THE NLM STYLE GUIDE FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS, AND PUBLISHERS
Citing Medicine provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations.  
URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=citmed.TOC&depth=2 
COLUMBIA GUIDE TO ONLINE STYLE
Walker, J.R..  URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio7187058 
CONNOTEA
FREE online reference management service for scientists, created in December 2004 by Nature Publishing Group. 
URL: http://www.connotea.org/ 
ELECTRONIC STYLE: A HANDBOOK FOR CITING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION
Li, X..  2nd ed. 
REF Z253.L5 1996. 
ENDNOTE
This bibliographic software package is available free of charge to all current students, faculty and staff of Columbia. For a schedule of classes on how to use ENDNOTE, click the link "classes" from the Health Sciences Library homepage or call the HSL Reference Desk at 212-305- 3692. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/endnote/ 
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE RECOMMENDED FORMATS FOR BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
Patrias, K..  REF R119.P37 1991 Q. 
ONLINE! CITATION STYLE GUIDES
Guide to e-resource referencing from several guides and manuals, including MLA, APA, CBE, and Chicago Style. 
URL: http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html 
REFERENCE MANAGER
This bibliographic software package is available free of charge to all current students, faculty and staff of Columbia. For a schedule of classes on how to use REFERENCE MANAGER, click the link "classes" from the Health Sciences Library homepage or call the HSL Reference Desk at 212-305- 3692. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/referencemanager/ 
REFWORKS
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliographic citation management program. 
URL: https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/login.asp?WNCLang=false 
RESEARCH, WRITING, AND STYLE GUIDES
URL: http://www.aresearchguide.com/styleguides.html 
SCIENTIFIC STYLE AND FORMAT: THE CBE MANUAL FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
CBE Style Manual Committee..  6th ed. 
REF Z250.6 B5 C102 1994. 
THE AMA MANUAL OF STYLE: A GUIDE FOR AUTHORS AND EDITORS
Iverson, C..  10th ed. 
REF R119.A53 2007. 
THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE
University of Chicago Press..  14 th. ed. 
REF Z253.Un4 1993. 
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO CITING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION RESOURCES: A MANUAL FOR WRITERS AND LIBRARIANS
Garner, D.L..  Revised ed. 
REF Z7164.G7G37 1993. 
THE WORLD'S EASIEST GUIDE TO USING THE APA : A USER FRIENDLY MANUAL FOR FORMATTING RESEARCH PAPERS ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION STYLE GUIDE.
Amato, C.J..  3rd ed. 
REF BF76.7.A468 2002. 
WRITING FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONS
Cormack, D.F.S..  2nd. ed. 
REF R119.C64 1994. 
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Miscellaneous


A-Z OF MEDICAL WRITING
Albert, Tim..  "The purpose of this book is to help doctors and other health professionals with their writing problems. It consists of several hundred topics, from the process of writing to authorship, and from the use of semi-colons to the law of late literals. These are arranged alphabetically, with extensive cross referencing and, where appropriate, lists of books that the author has read and recommends. The book will provide concise, practical information about how to tackle any form of writing required of health care professionals." 
URL: http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=66506 
ASSIGNMENT CALCULATOR
Assists students in designing possible schedules for completion of their assignment in many disciplines. Guides them through the process of completion the assignment, describing the possible stages of such a process. 
URL: http://www.lib.umn.edu/help/calculator/ 
BIOWIZARD: THE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PORTAL
Commercial WEB site, allows sharing opinions and rating Pubmed articles and facilitates other ways of scholarly exchange of opinion. Provides its own interface for Pubmed searching with limited Pubmed functionality. Free but needs registration. 
URL: http://www.biowizard.com/ 
EFFECTIVE PHRASES FOR PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS: A GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL EVALUATIONS
Neal, J.E..  9th. ed. 
REF HF 5549.5.R3 N34 2000. 
HOW TO WRITE MEANINGFUL NURSING STANDARDS
Mason, E.J..  2nd. ed. 
REF RT85.5 M38 1994. 
MEDICAL SECRETARY'S AND ASSISTANT'S ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY
Karlin, L..  REF R728.8 K14 1984. 
THE ASPEN GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE CORRESPONDENCE
Lawrence, K.E..  REF R119.A75 1993. 
UNDERSTANDING CLINICAL PAPERS
Bowers, David.  "Understanding Clinical Papers,... uses actual papers to illustrate how to understand and evaluate published research, but goes beyond this to provide an explanation of a range of important research-related topics." 
REF R118.6 .B69 . 
WRITING SKILLS IN PRACTICE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Williams, Diana.  " ... a comprehensive overview of the development of writing skills for both students and practitioners in health care, offering useful information on all the main areas of writing practice ..." Available through ebrary. Installation of Active X necessary for viewing. 
URL: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/columbia/Doc?id=10064383 
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Software


CONNOTEA
FREE online reference management service for scientists, created in December 2004 by Nature Publishing Group. 
URL: http://www.connotea.org/ 
DEL..ICIO.US
Del.ic.ious allows tagging any webpage you visit with relevant words to describe its content. Anyone can view webpages corresponding to a specific tag or view which tags were given to a page. Use program's Help for more information. 
URL: http://del.icio.us/ 
ENDNOTE
This bibliographic software package is available free of charge to all current students, faculty and staff of Columbia. For a schedule of classes on how to use ENDNOTE, click the link "classes" from the Health Sciences Library homepage or call the HSL Reference Desk at 212-305- 3692. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/endnote/ 
FURL
Furl is a free service that saves a personal copy of any page you find on the Web, and lets you find it again instantly by searching your archive of pages. It's your Personal Web. 
URL: http://www.furl.net/index.jsp 
REFERENCE MANAGER
This bibliographic software package is available free of charge to all current students, faculty and staff of Columbia. For a schedule of classes on how to use REFERENCE MANAGER, click the link "classes" from the Health Sciences Library homepage or call the HSL Reference Desk at 212-305- 3692. 
URL: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/software/referencemanager/ 
REFWORKS
RefWorks is a Web-based bibliographic citation management program. 
URL: https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/login.asp?WNCLang=false 
ZOTERO
Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. 
URL: http://www.zotero.org/ 


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