Help on Writing...

Grant

• Writing
  1. Grant Writing Resources (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University London) - https://www.schulich.uwo.ca/research/grantwriting/
  2. A Guide to Grantwriting ArtBC - http://www.artsbc.org/resources/for-organizations/grants-and-fundraising/grant-writing
  3. Tips & Guidelines for Writing Grant Applications - http://www.viu.ca/research/resourcesforfaculty/TipsGuidelinesforWritingGrantApplications.asp
  4. Key Scientific Writing, Speaking and Survival Guides - http://www.worldscientific.com/page/WritingGuides
• Granting Agency
  • The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca
  • NSERC login - NSERC Electronic Application Process https://ebiz.nserc.ca/nserc_web/nserc_login_e.htm
• Other institutions
  • UBC - NSERC Instructions on Preparing Descriptions of Proposed Research, Budget and Other Required Material - LINK
  • UNB - LINK

References

• Collection of useful phases - http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~natalia/studyinus/guide/recom/phrases.htm
• Writing letter of recommendation - http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/html/icb.topic58474/Verba-recs.html
• Writing Letters of Recommendation - Tufts Career Center http://careers.tufts.edu/faculty/Writing_recommendations.pdf
• Selected Evaluation Terms - http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/selected-evaluation-terms
• Positive Words for Evaluating Employees http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/style-and-usage/positive-words-for-evaluating-employees.html
• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. http://www.bartleby.com/141/

Grammar and Spelling

• Reverso - http://www.reverso.net/spell-checker/english-spelling-grammar/
• Dictionary - http://dictionary.reference.com/

Bibliographic software

• RefWorks: Home | SFU Library - http://www.lib.sfu.ca/my-library/refworks
• BibSonomy (Social bookmark and publication sharing system) - http://www.bibsonomy.org/
• Citation Machine: Format citations in APA, MLA, and Chicago - http://citationmachine.net/‎
• BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago - http://www.bibme.org/
• EasyBib: Free Bibliography Generator - MLA, APA, Chicago citation http://www.easybib.com/
• Citation Builder NCSU - http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/citationbuilder/
• Citefast automatically formats citations: APA 6th edition, MLA 7th ed - http://www.citefast.com/
• Cite.com | Online Citations, Bibliography Maker, Works Cited - http://www.cite.com/
• eTurabian - http://www.eturabian.com/turabian/index.html
• Mendeley: Free reference manager and PDF organizer - http://www.mendeley.com/

Your Library

• LibraryThing - https://www.librarything.com/

Books

• Schimel, Joshua. Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Proposals That Get Funded. Oxford: Oxford University Press, USA, 2012.

Learn

• Springer Author Academy - http://academy.springer.com/

Tools

• Free online PDF extractor - http://www.extractpdf.com/
• Paraphrasing Tool - https://paraphrasing-tool.com/
• Visually Graphcis - https://visual.ly/search/node?keys=mobile+phone+
• ProWritingAid - https://prowritingaid.com/
• Grammarly - https://www.grammarly.com/
• HTML
  • Online HTML Editor - https://html-online.com/editor/
• Clean
  • Text Cleaner: Clean/Strip Non-Standard Characters From Text - http://www.ubertoolz.com/demo/CleanUp.php
  • Clean Special Characters from Word Text or HTML Code - http://www.nousphere.net/cleanspecial.php
• Software for originality checking
  • TurnItIn http://www.turnitin.com
  • Similarity Check - Crossre https://www.crossref.org/services/similarity-check/
  • http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/ http://smallseotools.com/plagiarism-checker/
  • Viper http://www.scanmyessay.com/
  • Plagiarisma - http://plagiarisma.net/
  • Plagium http://www.plagium.com/
  • Noplag Plagiarism Checker https://noplag.com/
  • PEPOSTSEO tool - https://www.prepostseo.com/plagiarism-comparison-search
  • Dupli Checker - https://www.duplichecker.com/comparison
  • Copyleaks - https://copyleaks.com/compare
  • Copyscape - http://www.copyscape.com/compare.php
  • Diff Checker - https://www.diffchecker.com/
  • Plagiarism Checker X - http://plagiarismcheckerx.com/side-by-side-comparison
  • Text Compare - https://text-compare.com/

Misc

• Harvard Guide to Using Sources - http://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do
• KnightCite - http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php
• RefWorks (SFU) - http://www.lib.sfu.ca/my-library/refworks
• Academic Phrasebank - http://www.phrasebank.manchester.ac.uk/
• Specific Types of Writing - http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing
• College of Arts and Sciences / The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill - handouts - http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/

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