LibGuides: Biochemistry Research Guide: Composing Your Research

The Process of Professional Academic Writing

The Basics of the Craft of Scientific Writing (from MIT!)
“The fundamental purpose of scientific discourse is not the mere presentation of information and thought but rather its actual communication. It does not matter how pleased an author might be to have converted all the right data into sentences and paragraphs; it matters only whether a large majority of the reading audience accurately perceives what the author had in mind.” --George Gopen and Judith Swan : The Science of Scientific Writing
Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Literature Review from the Public Library of Science
Reviewing the literature requires the ability to juggle multiple tasks, from finding and evaluating relevant material to synthesising information from various sources, from critical thinking to paraphrasing, evaluating, and citation skills.
Tips for Writing Your First Scientific Literature Review Article
from The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Writing a Scientific Literature Review Article - Key Components
from the University of Michigan research guides
How to Write a Scientific Literature Review Article
From the Addgene blog

Writing & Citation Guides

Citation - or recording and acknowledging the sources and creators of the information and ideas you use to form and inform your own research work - is crucial to the ongoing conversation of academic research. It allows your readers to dig deeper, track your process, find more information - AND it gives evidence of your own hard work and gained knowledge - AND it's the law! - the creators of the resources you use also work hard and ought to be credited for the work they do!

APA Style Central
APA Style CENTRAL has been developed for academic institutions by the American Psychological Association, the creator of and authority on APA Style, and features full integration of the APA's best-selling and widely adopted Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association®.
APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)
Links to the Formatting and Style guide for APA Citation, provided by the Online Writing Lab (OWL) of Purdue University, if you can use it in a paper, they can show you how to cite it.

APA Cheat Sheet
This cheat sheet courtesy of Kent State University.

A Short Guide to Writing about Chemistry by Jan A. Pechenik; Holly B. Davis; Julian F. Tyson
Call Number: REF QD8.5 .D38 2010 in the Chemistry Library

ISBN: 9780205550609
Art of Scientific Writing by H. F. Ebel; Claus Bliefert; William E. Russey
Call Number: REF QD9.15 .E23 2004 in Chemistry Library

ISBN: 3527298290