Adulting 101: Life Skills for College Students

A slim, user-friendly volume on academic writing. The author speaks to junior scholars and graduate students about the process and products of academic writing. He differentiates between business writing skills for memos, proposals, and reports, and the scholarly writing that occurs in journals and books. Berger shows by example that academics can write good, readable prose in a variety of genres.

This book covers composition techniques, style, language, and grammar tips. Discover how to plan, write, and revise your material. It includes: 10 can't-miss resources for improving your college writing; strategies for revising and repairing inadequate essays; and, techniques to help non-native English speakers master the challenging world of English essay writing.

Includes useful info on reading journal articles, managing data (including example file names and structures!), and “safeguarding your personal health and happiness” as an engineering student, which is basically wellness 101 for engineers.

Available in print and online.
This is a comprehensive guide to planning and producing high-quality dissertations, written assignments and project reports at undergraduate level. It supports students of all disciplines through each stage of the research process, from drafting questions and reviewing the literature through to collecting data and presenting their work. It provides practical guidance on common problems, including writer's block and managing deadlines, and contextualizes this with examples of real students' experience of research.

Writing clear, impactful reports is a crucial skill for science students, but few books focus on this area for the undergraduate. Particularly useful for biology students, this text adopts a hands-on approach, using example reports and published papers as models to put guidance into practice.