Discipline-Specific Resources

Various

• The U.S. Naval War College maintains a number of research guides 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: Business Writing, Lynn Gaertner-Johnson
• Book: The AMA [American Management Association] Handbook of Business Writing, 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, "Writing Engineering Reports," Purdue OWL
• Handout: "Handbook on Report Formats," 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: "Mathematical Writing: A Brief Guide," 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: "Figures and Charts," UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
• Handbook: Effective Tables, Figures & Frequently Used Terms, NPS Acquisitions Research Program (DDM)
• Article: "Graphics in Technical Reports," Cal Polytechnic University General Engineering
• Book: Graph Design for the Eye and Mind, Stephen Kosslyn, Oxford University Press
• Book: Show Me the Numbers: Designing Tables and Graphs to Enlighten, Stephen Few, Analytics Press
• Book: Information Graphics: A Comprehensive Illustrated Reference, Robert Harris, Oxford University Press
• Book: Creating More Effective Graphs, Naomi Robbins, John Wiley and Sons
• Book: Envisioning Information, Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
• Book: The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
• Book: Visual and Statistical Thinking: Displays of Evidence for Making Decisions, Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
• Book: Information Visualization: Perception for Design, 2nd ed., Colin Ware, Morgan Kaufmann

Writing about Numbers

• GWC infographics on using numbers in various styles:
  • APA
  • Chicago
  • IEEE
• GWC video tutorial (4:22): “Clarity – Math Expressions”
• GWC infographic: “How to Punctuate Display Equations”
• Online lab manual: "Writing Numbers, Units of Measure, and Equations," General Engineering
• Webpage: "PowerPoint Does Rocket Science and Better Techniques for Technical Reports," Edward Tufte, Graphics Press
• Article: "Guidelines for Equations, Units, and Mathematical Notation," Louisiana Tech
• Article: "Mathematical Writing: A Brief Guide," Mark Tomforde
• Article: "A Guide to Writing Mathematics," Dr. Kevin P. Lee
• Book: Writing Math Research Papers: A Guide for Students and Instructors, Robert K. Gerver, Information Age Publishing
• Book: Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, 2nd ed., Nicholas Higham, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Book: Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving, Jonathan Koomey, Analytics Press
• Book: What the Numbers Say: A Field Guide to Mastering Our Numerical World, Derrick Neiderman and David Boyum, Broadway Books

Operations Research

• Article: "How to Write About Operations Research," Gerald G. Brown

Policy Analysis

• Slides: "Tips for Writing a Policy Analysis," American University Writing Center
• Article: "Tips for Writing Policy Papers," Stanford Law School

Political Science

• Book: Writing a Research Paper in Political Science: A Practical Guide to Inquiry, Structure, and Methods, 2nd ed., CQ Press College, 2012

Sciences

• GWC page: "Technical Writing"
• Article: "The Science of Scientific Writing," George Gopen and Judith Swan, American Scientist
• Handout: "Sciences," UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
• GWC video tutorial (4:12): “Clarity – Math Expressions”
• GWC infographic: “How to Punctuate Display Equations”
• Book: Writing Science in Plain English, Anne E. Greene, University of Chicago Press, 2013
• Book: Scientists Must Write: A Guide to Better Writing for Scientists, Engineers and Students, 2nd ed., Robert Barrass, Routledge
• Book: How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 6th ed., Robert A. Day, Greenwood Press

Social Sciences

• Handout: "Political Science," UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center
• Book: A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 9th ed., Kate L. Turabian, University of Chicago Press
• Webpage: "Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper," University of Southern California Libraries