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Writing Scientific PapersAdditional materials required for
manuscript preparation and submission
Prof Steve Leharne
The Software Tools
• Mind Mapping Software• Word Processing• Bibliographic Software• Graphical Presentation Package• Equation Editor• Molecular Drawing Package
Search Engines
• Web of Knowledge• Journal Collections
– Subscription• Science Direct• Springer Link
– Open Acess
Why Word?
• Easy to format paper to conform with the house style of the journal the paper is submitted to..
• Easily input tables and figures and format the text around the tables and figures.
• Word will accept Add-Ins such as MathType (an Equation Editor) and EndNote ( Bibliographic Software).
• Can easily input footnotes.
Excel
• Widespread.• Good for storing and manipulating data.• Takes practice to produce good graphical
output.
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