Useful References

Dictionaries

Guides to Grammar and Usage

Style Manuals

Statistics

Guides to Writing

Illustrations

Guides to Medical Literature, Databases, and Other Sources of Information

Guides to Speaking Skills

Dictionaries

• American Heritage College Dictionary. 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1993.
• Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 27th ed. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1988.
• Melloni's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins; 1985
• The Random House Dictionary of the English Language: 2nd Edition, Unabridged. New York: Random House
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary. 25th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1990.
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 17th ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company; 1993.
• Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster; 1993.

• * American Medical Association Manual of Style. 8th ed. C Iverson and others. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1988.
• ASM Style Manual for Journals and Books. New ed. Washington: American Society for Microbiology; 1991.
• The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago press, 1993.
• * Council of Biology Editors Style Manual: A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers in the Biological Sciences. CBE Style Manual Committee. 5th ed. Council of Biology Editors, 1983.
• * The Elements of Style. W. Strunk, Jr, E.B. White. 3rd ed. New York: The Macmillan Company; 1979.
• Medical Style and Format: An International Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. EJ Huth. Philadelphia: ISI Press; 1987. Distribution by Williams & Wilkins.
• * Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 3rd ed. Washington: American Psychological Association, 1983.
• Webster's Standard American Style Manual. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster; 1985.
• Words Into Type. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.; 1974.

Statistics

• Analyzing Research Data: The Basics of Biomedical Research Methodology. E.G. Marks. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 1982.
• Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine. 2nd ed. D.L. Sackett, MD, MSc, R.B. Haynes, MD, PhD, G.H. Guyatt, MD, MSc, P. Tugwell, MD, MSc. Boston: Little, Brown and Company; 1991.
• How Many Subjects? Statistical Power Analysis in Research. H.C. Kraemer and S. Thiemann. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1987.
• Medical Uses of Statistics. 2nd ed. J.C. Bailer and F. Mosteller. Waltham, MA: NEJM Books; 1992.
• PDQ Statistics. G.R. Norman and D.L. Streinder. St. Louis: Mosby; 1986.
• * Primer of Biostatistics. 3rd ed. S.A. Glantz. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1992.
• Statistical First Aid: Interpretation of Health Research Data. RP Hirsch and RK Reigelman. Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications; 1992.
• "Statistics and the Medical Journal." G.W. Brown (editorial). Am J Dis Child 139 (1985): 226-28.
• Statistics for Health Professionals. S. Shott. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders; 1990.
• Statistics in Medicine. T. Colton. Boston: Little, Brown & Company; 1982.

Guides to Writing

• Communicating in Science: Writing a scientific paper and speaking at scientific meetings. 2nd ed. V Booth. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press; 1993.
• * The Elements of Style. W. Strunk Jr, EB White. 3rd ed. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1979.
• Get to the Point: How to say what you mean and get what you want. K Berg and A Gilman, with EP Stevenson. New York: Bantam; 1989.
• Medical Writing: A Prescription for Clarity. N. Goodman and M. Edwards. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991.
• The New Writer: Techniques for Writing Well with a Computer. JP Mitchell. Redmond, Washington: Microsoft Press; 1987.
• The Nurse's Guide to Writing for Publication. SK Mirin. Wakefield, Massachusetts: Nursing Resources, 1981.
• * On Writing Well. W. Zinsser. New York: Harper & Row; 1980.
• Problem-Solving Strategies for Writing. 4th ed. L Flower. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; 1993.
• Revising Prose. 3rd ed. RA Lanham. New York: Maxwell MacMillan; 1992.
• Simple & Direct: A Rhetoric for Writers. J Barzun. New York: Harper & Row; 1985.
• * Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 4th ed. JM Williams. New York: Harper Collins; 1994.
• Thinking on Paper. J.H. Barton and V.A. Howard. New York: Morrow; 1986.
• * Writing to Learn. W. Zinsser. New York: Harper & Row, 1988.
• Writing With Precision: Learning how to write like a pro so that you cannot possibly be misunderstood. 6th ed. J.D. Bates. Washington, DC: Acropolis Books Ltd.; 1993.

Illustrations

• Charts & Graphs: Guidelines for the Visual Presentation of Statistical Data in the Life Sciences. D Simmonds, ed. Baltimore: MTP Press; 1981.
• Graphics Simplified: How to Plan and Prepare Effective Charts, Graphs, Illustrations, and Other Visual Aids. AJ MacGregor. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; 1979.
• Handbook of Graphic Presentation. CF Schmid, SE Schmid. 2nd ed. New York: John S. Wiley; 1979.
• Illustrating Science: Standards for Publication. Scientific Illustration Committee. Bethesda, Maryland: Council of Biology Editors; 1988.
• A Researcher's Guide to Scientific and Medical Illustrations. M.H. Briscoe. New York: Springer-Verlag; 1990.

Guides to Medical Literature, Databases, and Other Sources of Information

• A Basic guide to Online Information Systems for Health Care Professionals. RG Albright. Arlington, Virginia: Information Resource Press; 1988.
• * The Bench and Me: Teaching and Learning Medicine. J.W. Hurst, MD. New York: Igaku-Shoin; 1992.
• Databases: A Primer for Retrieving Information by Computer. SM Humphrey, BJ Melloni. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall; 1986.
• Encyclopedia of Health Information Sources. 2nd ed. P Wasserman, ed. Detroit: Gale; 1993.
• * Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers. M Zeiger. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc. Health Professions Division; 1991.
• * From Residency to Reality. P. Hoffmeir and J. Bohner. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1988.
• How to Edit a Scientific Journal. C.T. Bishop. Philadelphia: ISI Press; 1984.
• * How to Write and Publish Papers in the Medical Sciences. 2nd ed. EJ Huth. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1982.
• An Insider's Guide for Medical Authors and Editors. P. Morgan, MD. Philadelphia: ISI Press, 1986.
• Interpreting the Medical Literature. 3rd ed. S.H. Gehlbach. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1993.
• An Introduction to Clinical Research. C. DeAngelis. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
• MEDLINE: A Basic Guide to Searching. SJ Feinglos. Chicago: Medical Library Association; 1985.
• Online Databases in the Medical and Life Sciences. New York: Cuadra/Elsevier; 1987.
• Peer Review in Scientific Publishing. Chicago: Council of Biology Editors, Inc.; 1991.
• * Principles and Practice of Research: Strategies for Surgical Investigators. 2nd Ed. H. Troidl. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1991.
• Research: How to Plan, Speak and Write About It. C Hawkins & M Sorgi. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 1985.
• Research in Medicine: A Guide to Writing a Thesis in the Medical Sciences. G. Murell, C. Huang, and H. Ellis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 1990.
• Research Proposals: A Guide to Success. T. Ogden. New York: Raven Press, 1991.
• Scientific Writing for Graduate Students. P. Woodford. Bethesda, Maryland: Council of Biology Editors, Inc., 1986.
• Speaking and Writing for the Physician. LT Staheli. New York: Raven Press; 1986.
• Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How to Read the Medical Literature. 2nd Ed. R. Riegelman, MD, PhD and R. Hirsch, PhD. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989.
• Summing Up: The Science of Reviewing Research. R.J. Light and D.B. Pillemer. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; 1984.
• Writing a Successful Grant Application. 2nd ed. L. Reif-Lehrer. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; 1989.

Guides to Speaking Skills

• Chart and Graph Preparation Skills. T. Cardamone. New York: Van Nostrand Teinhold, 1981.
• Charts and Graphs. D. Simmonds. London: MTP, 1980.
• "Combatting Poster Fatique." Journal of Neuroscience, 1988. John D Woolsey, Department of Illustration, Moore College of Art and Design.
• Communicating Through Poster Sessions. Eastman Kodak. No. P-139, 1978.
  • "Effective Lecture Slides." S-22, 1981
  • "Legibility: Artwork to Screen." S-24, 1981
  • "Planning and Producing Slide Programs." S-30, 1981
• Diagrams, Charts, Graphs. S. Bojko. Rhode Island School of Design. Zurich Graphis Press, 1985.
• Drawing on the Artist Within. B. Edwards. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.
• The Elements of Graphing Data. W.S. Cleveland. Monterey-Wadsworth, 1985.
• * Envisioning Information. E.R. Tufte. 3rd printing with revisions. Cheshire CT: Graphics Press, 1992.
• How to Run Better Business Meetings. Revised ed. The 3M Meeting Management Team. McGraw-Hill, 1987.
• "IBM's Great AT Slides." A. Lacey. J Audiov Media Med 1987:10:7-11.
• "Illustrative Material: What Editors and Readers Expect from Authors." B.P. Squires. Can Med Assoc J, 1990:142:447-49.
• Illustrating Science: Standards for Publication. Council of Biology Editors Illustration Committee. Bethesda, MD: Council of Biology Editors, Inc.; 1988.
• * PowerSpeak. D. Leeds. New York: Berkeley Books; 1988.
• Smart Speaking. L. Schloff and M. Yudkin. New York: Penguin; 1991.
• Speaking With a Purpose. A. Koch. Englewood, NJ: Prentice-Hall; 1988.
• * The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. R. Tufte. New York: Graphis, 1983.