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O.D. Paper Resources

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Index to Joint Medical Program Theses, 1985-2006

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Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (UCB)

Provides answers to the most common questions about research and writing research protocols for CPHS review.

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences

Includes instructions for hundreds of journals in the health sciences

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, 1999

On Being A Scientist: Responsible Conduct In Research

Full-text

How to Read a Paper

A series of ten papers, reprinted from BMJ

Evaluating the Literature 

Writing & Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation 

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The following material shelved  in the Optometry Library, 490 Minor Hall.  All items circulate for one month, unless otherwise noted.

• Writing Guides 
• Style Guides 
• Surveys 
• Research Guides 
• Miscellaneous 

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H91.B41 1986
Writing for social scientists : how to start & finish your thesis, book or article  / Howard S. Becker.  Chicago :  University of Chicago Press, 1986.
Chicago Guides to writing, editing, and publishing.

LB2369 .M377 1998 
Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation : a handbook for students and faculty  / James E. Mauch and Jack W. Birch. 4th ed. New York : Marcel Dekker, 1998.
Full text:   http://www.netlibrary.com/summary.asp?ID=12607 [UCB only]

R119.B97 1998
Publishing your medical research paper : what they don't teach you in medical school  / Daniel W. Byrne.  Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, 1998.

R119.G37 1993
Medical writing and communicating / John J. Gartland. Frederick, MD : University Publishing Group, 1993.

R119.H69 1998
How to write a paper / edited by George M. Hall. 2nd ed.    London : BMJ Pub. Group, c1998.

R119.H87 1999
Writing and publishing in medicine   / Edward J. Huth. 3rd ed.
Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1999.
[Another copy on reference at Public Health Library.]

R119.M28 2000
Successful scientific writing : a step-by-step guide for the biological and medical sciences / Janice R. Mathews,... 2nd ed.  Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

R119.S7 1996
Writing and speaking for excellence : a guide for physicians / Deborah St. James.  Boston : Jones and Bartlett, 1996.

R119.Z45 2000
Essentials of writing biomedical research papers  / Mimi Zeiger. 2d ed.  New York McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 2000.

R852.B77 1999
Publishing and presenting clinical research / Warren S. Browner.
Baltimore : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c1999.

RA409.L357 1997
How to report statistics in medicine : annotated guidelines for authors, editors, and reviewers   / Thomas A. Lang, Michelle Secic.  Philadelphia : American College of Physicians, 1997.

T11.D331 1994
How to write & publish a scientific paper  / Robert A. Day. 4th ed. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1994.  [Other copies on Reference at Public Health & Bioscience Libraries; 3rd ed. available in many locations, T11.D331 1988]

T11.M573 1997
Writing science through critical thinking / Marilyn F. Moriarty. Boston : Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 1997.

T11.W48 1991
The Scientist's handbook for writing papers and dissertations  / Antoinette Miele Wilkinson. Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall, 1991.

Citing Sources Within Your Paper
This guide gives examples of how to cite a specific source using the format of any one of four well-known style manuals: APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. Among the many examples included are citations for electronic books, online magazines, and Web pages. From Duke University Libraries. 

LB2369.T8 1996 
A Manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations  / Kate L. Turabian. 6th ed./ rev. by John Grossman and Alice. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. 

PN171.D37L5 1996
Electronic styles : a handbook for citing electronic information / Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. Medford, NJ : Information Today, 1996.
[Library use only. Other copies available in many locations.]

R119.A533 1998
American Medical Association Manual of style : a guide for authors and editors  / Cheryl Iverson, et al.  9th ed.  Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
[Library use only.  Another copy on Reference at Public Health Library.]

R119.A97 1996
The Author's guide to biomedical journals : complete manuscript submission instructions for 235 leading biomedical periodicals  / 2d ed., rev. and expanded. Larchmont, NY : Mary Ann Liebert, c1996.
[Library use only.]

Z695.1.M48P38 1991
National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation  / Karen Patrias. Bethesda, MD : National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, 1991.
[Library use only.]

HN29.S724 1995
The Survey kit  / Arlene Fink. Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 1995.

v.1 The survey handbook

v.2 How to ask survey questions

v.3 How to conduct self-administered and mail surveys 

v.4 How to conduct interviews by telephone and in person

v.5 How to design surveys

v.6 How to sample in surveys

v.7 How to measure survey reliability and validity

v.8 How to analyze survey data

v.9 How to report on surveys

RA408.5.A33 1996
Designing and conducting health surveys : a comprehensive guide / Lu Ann Aday.  2nd ed.  San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1996

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Research Guides

H62.H24534 1998
Handbook of applied social research methods  / edited by 
Leonard Bickman and Debra J. Rog.  Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 1998. 

H62.H2455 1994
Handbook of qualitative research / Norman K. Denzin, Yvonna S. Lincoln, eds.  Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE, 1994.

Q180.55.M4.R49 2000
The researcher's toolkit : the complete guide to practitioner  research / edited by David Wilkinson.  London ; New York : Routledge/Falmer, 2000.

Q180.55.M4S35 1999
Conducting research  / Patrick J. Schloss, Maureen A. Smith. Upper 
 Saddle River, N.J.: Merrill, c1999. 

R728.G48 1998
Getting research findings into practice / edited by Andrew Haines 
and Anna Donald.  London : BMJ Books, 1998.

R729.5.G4P7373 1991
Primary care research : traditional and innovative approaches  / Peter G. Norton, et al. Newbury Park, NJ : SAGE, 1991.

R853.C55.D471 1988
Designing clinical research : an epidemiologic approach  / [edited] by Stephen B. Hulley, Steven R. Cummings. Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1988.

R853.S64D65 1992
Doing qualitative research  / Benjamin F. Crabtree, William L. Miller. Newbury Park, NJ : SAGE, 1992. 

R853.S7.G37 1996
Understanding medical research : a practitioner's guide / Jane L. Garb.  Boston : Little, Brown, 1996.

R853.S7.M36 1992
The design and analysis of research studies  / Bryan F.J. Manly. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992.

RA440.T59 1992
Tools for primary care research / edited by Moira Stewart ... [et al.].
Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1992.
Research methods for primary care ; v. 2

RT81.5.M861 1997
Statistical methods for health care research  / Barbara Hazard Munro.  3rd ed.  Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1997.

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Miscellaneous

H62.M437 1994
Qualitative data analysis : an expanded sourcebook  / Matthew B. Miles, A. Michael Huberman.  2nd ed.  Thosand Oaks, CA :  SAGE, 1994.

HA29.S65574 1998
Misused statistics / Herbert F. Spirer, Louise Spirer, A.J. Jaffe.  2nd ed, rev. and expanded.  New York : M. Dekker, 1998.
[Another copy in Astronomy/Math/Statistics Library]

Q222.B75 1996
Preparing scientific illustrations : a guide to better posters, presentations, and publications  / Mary Helen Briscoe.  2nd ed.  New York : Springer, 1996.

R118.6.G43 1993
Interpreting the medical literature  / Stephen H. Gehlback. 3rd ed. New York : McGraw-Hill, Health Professions Division, 1993.

R118.6.G77 1997
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh.  London : BMJ, 1997.

R118.6.R54 2000
Studying a study and testing a test : how to read the medical evidence / Richard K. Riegelman. 4th ed.  Philadelphia, Pa. : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000.  [Accompanying CD-ROM available for check-out.] 

R852.B77 1999 
Publishing and presenting clinical research / Warren S. Browner. 
Baltimore : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c1999.