This page contains some literature about writing expecially about academic writing. At the end of this page is also some links for oral presentation guides.

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.
• Murray, R., How to Write a Thesis. Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education, England, 2010.
• ... and a huge number of other similar books

Online 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:

• Justin Zobel's page with links to 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

Oral presentation

• How to give a talk (for beginners)
• How to present a paper in Theoretical Computer Science: A Speaker's Guide for Students (I. Parberry)
• How to give a good research talk (S. Peyton Jones, J. Hughes, J. Launchbury)
• How to give a good research talk (S. D. Scott)