Writing Guides

Here is a selection of general and discipline-specific writing and publishing guides.

General Writing Guides

  Getting Published in Academic Journals: Navigating the Publication Process

Paltridge, Brian. Getting Published in Academic Journals: Navigating the Publication Process. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2016.
Available in print: Z286.S37 P35 2016

  Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success

Belcher, Wendy Laura. Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, 2009.

  The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing

Rocco, Tonette S., and Tim Hatcher. The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2011.
Also available in print format.

  Writing for Publication

Epstein, Debbie, Jane Kenway, and Rebecca Boden. Writing for Publication. London: Sage, 2005.

  Academic and Professional Publishing

Campbell, Robert, Ed Pentz, and Ian Borthwick. Academic and Professional Publishing. Oxford: Chandos Publishing, 2012.

  Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Guide

Hartley, James. Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Guide. New York: Routledge, 2008.
Available in print: PN146 .H373 2008

Social Sciences

  Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article.

Becker, Howard Saul, and Pamela Richards. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. Second edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

  Writing in Sociology

Edwards, Mark Evan. Writing in Sociology. Second edition. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2015.

STEM Disciplines

  Proposal Writing for Clinical Nursing and DNP Projects.

Bonnel, Wanda E., and Katharine Vogel Smith. Proposal Writing for Clinical Nursing and DNP Projects. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, 2018.

  Writing for Publication in Nursing and Healthcare: Getting It Right.

Holland, Karen, and Roger Watson. Writing for Publication in Nursing and Healthcare: Getting It Right. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

  Writing for Publication in Nursing (2nd ed.)

Oermann, Marilyn H., and Judith C. Hays. Writing for Publication in Nursing. 2nd ed. New York: Springer Pub. Co., 2010.
Also available as ebook.

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