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Olson, Linda. (2014). Guide to academic and scientific publication: How to get your writing published in scholarly journals. London, England: e-academia. Retrieved from http://www.proof-reading-services.org/guide/

"practical advice on planning, preparing and submitting articles for publication" (About this guide, p. 136)

"This guide provides an overview of the process of preparing and submitting a scholarly manuscript for publication in a psychology journal. Drawing on the experiences of authors of scholarly writings, peer reviewers, and journal editors, we seek to demystify the publication process and to offer advice designed to improve a manuscript's prospects of publication. To exemplify the process, we describe specific publication procedures for journals of the American Psychological Association." (APA, 2010, p. 1)

"How do you make sense of the quality of resources and evaluate their authority and appropriateness for your research?" This library guide advocates careful evaluation of the suitability, authority, and other indicators of resource quality, and provides pointers to a number of reference works and related websites.

Includes a "Step by step guide to an effective search strategy"

The guidelines, model citations, and formatting tips in this section of EasyBib resources cover a range of reference types from books to websites: Fundamentals How to format an APA works cited list Quick Guide Parenthetical Citations Web Rules Bible Blog Book Chapter Database Dictionary Encyclopedia Film / Online Interview Journal Lecture Magazine Musical Recording Newspaper Photo / Digital Image Report Thesis/Dissertation TV/Radio Broadcast Website (2014.06.02)

This extract from Nygaard (2015) covered a three-step process for responding to requests for feedback on academic writing. Nygaard, Lynn P. (2015). Writing for Scholars: A Practical Guide to Making Sense & Being Heard. London, England: Sage Publications.

A weblog highlighting guides and other resources for academic writing and publication.

"Looking to publish your research but don't know exactly how? Dealing with procrastination or stress related to academic publishing? If you are feeling apprehensive about your writing or are becoming interested in publishing scholarly work, Practical Tips for Publishing Scholarly Articles is for you. Rich Furman and Julie T. Kinn have updated this fantastic resource with even more exercises and advice to help you through the writing and publishing process. Furman and Kinn guide readers through each step of publication from idea generation through structuring an article and journal selection to submission, revision, and collaboration" (deck, ¶1, 2014.03.03).

This London School of Economics and Political Science blog post provides "a structured set of suggestions for what an abstract should include, and what should be kept to a small presence" (¶1, retrieved 2014.12.22).

"Publish in an Elsevier journal. The process step by step." Though this guide is publisher specific, the process reflects general practices in academic publishing.

"This is now an "Open" group. It collects published resources relating to academic writing and research -- including "how to" guides for academic writers (both students and faculty), as well as studies about/on the processes of research and of writing about research" (About this group, ¶1, 2014.01.16).

Frazer, P. (n.d.). Writing a conference paper [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/PostgraduateCentre/PostgraduateResearcherDevelopmentProgramme/FileStore/Filetoupload,379614,en.pdf This postgraduate student writer's guide provided advice and practical exercises covering the process from conference proposals to write-ups as well as suggestions for further reading.

Frazer, P. (n.d.). Writing a conference paper [PDF]. Retrieved from http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/PostgraduateCentre/PostgraduateResearcherDevelopmentProgramme/FileStore/Filetoupload,379614,en.pdf This postgraduate student writer's guide provides strategic advice and practical exercises. It covers the process from conference proposals to write-ups, and includes suggestions for further reading.

"Mendeley searches document details - including the 'General notes' field - as well as within the body text of any PDF papers in your library" (Use search to retrieve references, ¶2< 2016.10.06).

A budding collaborative endeavor in a Google workbook to locate, catalog, and assess resources for writers interested in academic publication

Anderson, Terry. (2013, May 24). A publishing primer for education grad students [blog post]. http://terrya.edublogs.org/2013/05/24/a-publishing-primer-for-education-grad-students/

"Renandya, W. A. (2012). Choosing the right international journal in TESOL and applied linguistics: a guide for novice writers. Unpublished manuscript. Singapore: National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University Singapore."

This post contains links to Kindle and Epub versions of a free ebook.

"The Hourglass: a dynamic organisational model" for essays, investigative reports, and narratives.