Web Resources for Biology Students

The Writing Process

http://www.marquette.edu/wac/departmental/MarquetteUniversityWritinginBiologyCourses.shtml
A very cursory overview of writing in biology, including common assignment types and basic style guidelines.

Genres

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/posteradvice.htm
A comprehensive and humorous guide to designing scientific posters: includes advice on multimedia use, layout, graphics, texts, useful sectioning, and presentation. Also contains links to other poster guides and poster-printing websites.

http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2007/04/tips-publishing-scientific-journals
Tips for making the leap from writing academically to publishing academic writing: choosing the right journal to submit to, sending appropriate submissions, and handling the review process.