Nursing Research Resources: Writing Guides

Basic Writing

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (Bartleby.com)
• Writer's Web (University of Richmond)

Grammar

• Ask Betty: Grammar for College Writers
• Grammar Handbook (The Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Grammar Resources (University of Chicago)
• Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch
• Hypergrammer (online textbook of a grammar review course at the University of Ottawa)

Bibliographic Management Software

Plagiarism

eBooks

• Anatomy of Writing for Publication for Nurses
• Mastering Scientific and Medical Writing
• Writing for the Health Professions 
• Writing Skills in Practice : A Practical Guide for Health Professionals

Videos

• How to Write a Scientific Paper (video): Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Online Resources

• Guidelines on Style for Scientific Writing (Hopkins, WG, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand)
• Marc E. Tischler’s Scientific Writing Booklet (PDF)
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  • Medical Writing
  • Writing in Nursing
• Twenty-One Suggestions for Writing Good Scientific Papers: Notes on Writing Papers and Theses
• University of Toronto's Writing Advice. A collection of resources that cover many aspects of the writing process, from taking notes, to outlining a paper, and avoiding plagiarism. A solid introduction for those who are new or recently returning to academic writing.

Style Guides

• AMA Style Guide (print)
• APA Style Guide (print)
• NLM Style Guide