Doing science
Libraries, catalogues and repositories
Main library of the University of Zurich
Library catalogue of the University of Zurich
Zurich Open Repository and Archive
Main library of the ETH Zurich
Library catalogue of the ETH Zurich
Publishing
Information on the Open Access Initiative (University of Zurich)
Publishing in Geography – A Guide for New Researchers (Royal Geographical Society)
Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published (PLoS)
An editor's message to authors
Guidelines on assigning authorship (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
Guidelines on assigning authorship (British Sociological Association guidelines)
Publishing in Science and Technology (House of Commons Report)
Ranking of journals per academic discipline, mapping of knowledge flow between disciplines
Overview of publisher's policies regarding online provision of papers by authors
The Future of Published Science (BBC podcast)
Grammar
Academic Word List (University of Nottingham)
British National Corpus (University of Oxford)
The Internet Grammar of English (University College London)
Lessons on English grammar (Language Dynamics)
Style
APA style (American Psychological Association)
APA style guide (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
MLA style guide (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago)
Short essays on scientific writing (San Francisco Edit)
Politics and the English Language (George Orwell)
The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr.)
A Scrutiny of the Abstract (Kenneth K. Landes)
Leitfaden für wissenschaftliches Arbeiten (Norman Backhaus, Rico Tuor)
Reviewing
Ten Simple Rules for Reviewers (PLoS)
Presenting
Ten Simple Rules for Making Good Oral Presentations (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation (PLoS)
Ethics
Ethics around authorship and contributorship (ICMJE)
Ethics around editorship (ICMJE)
Ethics around peer-review (ICMJE)
Ethics around conflicts of interest (ICMJE)
Ethics around privacy and confidentiality (ICMJE)
Ethics around human subject testing (ICMJE)
Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct (American Psychological Association) (see Standard 8)
General
Ten Simple Rules for Graduate Students (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for Doing Your Best Research, According to Hamming (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for a Successful Collaboration (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules To Combine Teaching and Research (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for Chairing a Scientific Session (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for Organizing a Scientific Meeting (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for Organizing a Virtual Conference (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for Choosing between Industry and Academia (PLoS)
Ten Simple Rules for Selecting a Postdoctoral Position (PLoS)