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Discipline-Specific Resources
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- The U.S. Naval War College maintains a number of that gather discipline- and area-specific resources.
Business
- Handbook: Writing Style & English Usage, NPS Acquisitions Research Program (DDM)
- Handbook: Effective Tables, Figures & Frequently Used Terms, NPS Acquisitions Research Program (DDM)
- Blog: , Lynn Gaertner-Johnson
- Book: , Kevin Wilson, AMACOM
Engineering
- GWC page: "Technical Writing"
- Handout: "A Guide for Systems Engineering Graduate Work: How to Write Well and Make Your Critical Thinking Visible" (v2.0, 2017), NPS Systems Engineering Department
- Handout, "," Purdue OWL
- Handout: "," Purdue OWL
- GWC video tutorial (4:12): "Clarity – Math Expressions"
- GWC infographic: "How to Punctuate Display Equations"
- Article: "Guidelines for Equations, Units, and Mathematical Notation," Louisiana Tech
- Article: "," Mark Tomforde
- Article: "A Guide to Writing Mathematics," Dr. Kevin P. Lee
International Relations
- Article: "Maladies of Our Souls: Identity and Voice in the Writing of Academic International Relations," Roxanne Lynn Doty, Cambridge Review of International Affairs
Mathematics and Numbers
Displaying Data
- Handout: "," UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
- Handbook: Effective Tables, Figures & Frequently Used Terms, NPS Acquisitions Research Program (DDM)
- Article: "," Cal Polytechnic University General Engineering
- Book: , Stephen Kosslyn, Oxford University Press
- Book: , Stephen Few, Analytics Press
- Book: , Robert Harris, Oxford University Press
- Book: , Naomi Robbins, John Wiley and Sons
- Book: , Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
- Book: , Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
- Book: , Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
- Book: , 2nd ed., Colin Ware, Morgan Kaufmann
Writing about Numbers
- GWC infographics on using numbers in various styles:
- GWC video tutorial (4:22): “Clarity – Math Expressionsâ€
- GWC infographic: “How to Punctuate Display Equationsâ€
- Online lab manual: "," General Engineering
- Webpage: "," Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
- Article: "Guidelines for Equations, Units, and Mathematical Notation," Louisiana Tech
- Article: "," Mark Tomforde
- Article: "A Guide to Writing Mathematics," Dr. Kevin P. Lee
- Book: , Robert K. Gerver, Information Age Publishing
- Book: , 2nd ed., Nicholas Higham, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Book: , Jonathan Koomey, Analytics Press
- Book: , Derrick Neiderman and David Boyum, Broadway Books
Operations Research
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Article: "How to Write ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Operations Research," Gerald G. Brown
Policy Analysis
- Slides: "," American University Writing Center
- Article: "," Stanford Law School
Political Science
- Book: , 2nd ed., CQ Press College, 2012
Sciences
- GWC page: "Technical Writing"
- Article: "," George Gopen and Judith Swan, American Scientist
- Handout: "," UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
- GWC video tutorial (4:12): “Clarity – Math Expressionsâ€
- GWC infographic: “How to Punctuate Display Equationsâ€
- Book: , Anne E. Greene, University of Chicago Press, 2013
- Book: , 2nd ed., Robert Barrass, Routledge
- Book: , 6th ed., Robert A. Day, Greenwood Press
Social Sciences
- Handout: "," UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
- Book: , 9th ed., Kate L. Turabian, University of Chicago Press
- Webpage: "," University of Southern California Libraries
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Writing Topics A–Z
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sources, engaging with / critiquing |
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thesis advisor, selecting and working with Thesis Processing Office (TPO) |
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