University of Sydney Subject Guides - Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources

Academic Writing

There are a number of different ways of presenting information within academia depending on the audience and the purpose.

The following outline the various elements of the particular styles commonly used within Science and Economic writing.

Try these titles from the catalogue for more information on scientific writing:

Writing and presenting scientific papers 2nd ed. (2004) - Birgitta Malmfors, Phil Garnsworthy, Michael Grossman.
Call Number: Badham 808.0665 36
Scientists must write : a guide to better writing for scientists, engineers and students 2nd ed.(2002) - Robert Barrass.
Call Number: Badham 808.0665 30
Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers 7th ed. (2006) - Style Manual Committee, Council of Science Editors.
Call Number: Badham 808.0666 33 A

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Learning

The WriteSite is a great website that can help you develop your academic writing skills.

EndNote is bibliographic management software that allows you to organise your references and build bibliographies.