This handbook provides practical advice to students who are learning to write biology papers - especially laboratory reports. Concise and user-friendly, it shows how to locate and evaluate pertinent sources, explains the best ways to format documents and graphs on a computer, and explores the nuts and bolts of the writing, editing, and revision processes.

Table of Contents

The Scientific Method; How to Find Primary References; Reading and Writing Scientific Papers; Step-by-step Instructions for Preparing a Laboratory Report or Scientific Paper; Revision; A "Good" Sample Student Laboratory Report; Poster Presentations; Appendix I: World Processing Basics in Microsoft Word 99; Appendix II: Making XY Graphs in Microsoft Excel