Are you a Hopkins Public Health student wanting help developing or adding to your writing skills? If so, there are a number of classes available to you right on campus and most of them are free! Please see the websites indicated for more information or to sign up. English for Academic Purposes (550.001):
This course focuses on academic writing skills including documentation styles, and combines Saturday class meetings with online assignments and one individual conference. The goal of this course is to improve and enhance writing styles of currently enrolled students in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Click here for more information. Biomedical Communications: An Introduction to Grant Writing, Writing a Research Paper, and Presenting a Scientific Talk focuses on writing a research plan for peer-reviewed grant applications, the basic elements of peer-reviewed publications, and developing, organizing, and presenting a scientific talk. It is free and offered during the January winter intersession. Click here for more information, or e-mail jhmipdo@jhmi.edu for more information. Advance registration through the Professional Development Office is required. Introduction to Grant Writing is designed for those with little or no experience in grant writing, and introduces the essentials of grant preparation and revision. Emphasis is placed on conveying scientific content clearly and succinctly through logical organization and effective presentation of the proposed research. Click here for more information on this and other free biomedical communication courses. Advance registration through the Welch Medical Library is required. Writing Effective Abstracts presents practical guidelines for producing abstracts that are informative, interesting and concise. By analyzing both well-written and flawed abstracts, participants will discover what editors and readers expect to see in the abstract of a research manuscript, and will learn how to avoid the common pitfalls associated with abstract writing. Click here for more information on this and other free biomedical communication courses. Advance registration through the Welch Medical Library is required.
There are a number of writing and research guides available in the Lilienfeld and Welch libraries on the East Baltimore campus. Some of these guides are also available in other university and public libraries:
American Psychological Association. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition. Washington, DC: APA, 2001.
LOCATION: Lilienfeld PN147 .P97 2001 Ref
Welch Books WZ 345 A512p 2001
Welch Reference WZ 345 A512p 2001 Hall, George. How to write a paper, 2nd edition. London: BMJ Pub. Group, 1998
LOCATION: Welch Reference WZ 345 H847 1998 Harris, Robert. Using sources effectively: strengthening your writing and avoiding plagiarism. Los Angeles: Pyrczak Publishing, 2002.
LOCATION: Lilienfeld Reference and Lilienfeld Books Huth, Edward. How to write and publish papers in the medical sciences. Philadelphia: ISI Press, 1982
LOCATION: Lilienfeld R119 .H97 1982
Welch Books WZ 345 H979h 1982
Mauch, James E., and Jack W. Birch. Guide to the successful thesis and dissertation: conception to publication: a handbook for students and faculty. 2nd edition. New York: M. Dekker, 1989.
LOCATION: Population Center, Wolfe Street Building Room W2020. LB2369 M44 1989 Meyer, Michael. The Little, Brown guide to writing research papers. Boston: Little, Brown, 1985.
LOCATION: Welch Library LB 2369 M613L 1985 Murrell, George, Christopher Huang, and Harold Ellis. Research in medicine: a guide to writing a thesis in the medical sciences. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990
LOCATION: Welch W 20 M984r 1990 | 
