New e-books Science Writing & Professional Development Guides

 Dear colleagues, dear students,

The University Library has purchased for you a collection of 18 e-books published by the World Scientific Publishing and focused on Science Writing & Professional Development.

All of them you can find in our library catalogue and can be read online in your browser. They cannot be downloaded.

The remote access is available via Shibboleth (i.e. Czech eduID Federation) - click on Institutional Login and type University of Pardubice, choose UPCE and log on as usual.

For a list of e-books, including links and license type, please see the attached spreadsheet. Twelve e-books are available under an unlimited simultaneous user license, six e-books can only be read by one user at a time - see the Access Type column in the spreadsheet.

The Science Writing & Professional Development Guides collection includes the following titles:

1. SCIENCE RESEARCH WRITING (SECOND EDITION)
2. SCIENCE RESEARCH WRITING FOR NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS OF ENGLISH
3. SCIENCE COMMUNICATION: AN INTRODUCTION
4. GRANT WRITING AND CROWDFUNDING GUIDE FOR YOUNG INVESTIGATORS IN SCIENCE, THE
5. GRANT WRITER'S HANDBOOK, THE: HOW TO WRITE A RESEARCH PROPOSAL AND SUCCEED
6. ENJOY WRITING YOUR SCIENCE THESIS OR DISSERTATION! : A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO PLANNING AND WRITING A THESIS OR DISSERTATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE SCIENCE STUDENTS (2ND EDITION)
7. ENJOY YOUR SCIENCE MEETING!: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF ATTENDING SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES
8. SELLING SCIENCE: HOW TO USE BUSINESS SKILLS TO WIN SUPPORT FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
9. THRIVING PROFESSOR, THE: A GUIDE TO A CAREER IN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
10. WHAT EVERY POSTDOC NEEDS TO KNOW
11. CRACKLE AND FIZZ: ESSENTIAL COMMUNICATION AND PITCHING SKILLS FOR SCIENTISTS
12. SCIENTIFIC WRITING 2.0: A READER AND WRITER'S GUIDE
13. PLANNING YOUR RESEARCH AND HOW TO WRITE IT
14. RESEARCH METHODS: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS
15. SCIENCE SIFTING: TOOLS FOR INNOVATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
16. WHEN THE SCIENTIST PRESENTS: AN AUDIO AND VIDEO GUIDE TO SCIENCE TALKS (WITH DVD-ROM)
17. SOLVING EVERYDAY PROBLEMS WITH THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD: THINKING LIKE A SCIENTIST
18. COMMUNICATING SCIENCE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR ENGINEERS AND PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS

If you have any questions, problems with access, etc., do not hesitate to contact the head of the library (blanka.jankovska@upce.cz, tel. +420 466 036 534).