Geography Faculty Development Alliance
Sources on Scholarly and Scientific Writing
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Boice, Robert. 1990. Professors As Writers. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press.
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Germano, William. 2001. Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious about Serious Books. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
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See also: A Publishing Resource for Geographers, http://www.nuim.ie/nirsa/geo-pub/geo-pub.html
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Moxley, Joseph M. and Todd Taylor, eds. 1997. Writing and Publishing for Academic Authors. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
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