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Purpose is to provide practical advice about writing in biology. Chapter 7 discusses poster presentations and there is information on writing an abstract in Chapter 4.

For students who need a knowledge of the aims and format of biological writing; clear and comprehensive. Also includes information on poster presentations and abstracts.

New to the eighth edition are guidelines and examples for citing online images and information graphics, podcasts and webcasts, online videos, blogs, social networking sites, and e-books. Style instructions for physics, chemistry, genetics, biological sciences, and astronomy have been adjusted to reflect developments in each field. The coverage of numbers, units, mathematical expressions, and statistics has been revised and now includes more information on managing tables, figures, and indexes. Additionally, a full discussion of plagiarism and other aspects of academic integrity is incorporated, along with a complete treatment of developments in copyright law, including Creative Commons.

Purpose is to acquaint students with the important primary and secondary resources in the field.