Orientation to MSc Studies : Useful links for Scientific writing
Some useful material for Scientific writing
Contents
- Text classification
- Material useful for writing
- Information retrieval
- Word processing
- Oral presentation
Text classification
ACM computing classification system
Material useful for writing
Printed writing guides in English
- Zobel, J., Writing for Computer Science: The art of effective communication. 2nd edition, Springer-Verlag, 2005. Also the 1st edition from 1997 can be used. Some copies available in the campus library.
- Lester, J.D., Writing Research Papers: A complete guide. 7th edition. HarperCollinsCollege Publishers, New York, 1993.
- Barrass, R., Scientists Must Write: A guide to better writing for scientists, engineers and students. Chapman & Hall, London, 1995.
Guides for academic writing
Here are some examples of guides for academic writing:
- Writer's Handbook of University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA)
- Online writing lab of University of Purdue (USA)
- Writing skills guide of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (Australia)
Technical writing and research ethics:
Word lists in English
- Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
- Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus
- OneLook dictionaries
- Term and Word Online - General Language Dictionaries
Information retrieval
- Digital libraries (conference proceedings, journals, etc.), e.g..
- Bibliographies
- Scholar Google
- Altavista
- Google
- On-line CS Techreports
- Computer Science Technical Reports
Word processing
In writing the exercises (the summary and essay in this course) the Guide on Structure and Layout of Theses should be followed.
You can use the word processing system that you know and prefer. Structure and layout files for different word processing systems:
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