In the British Journal of Nursing there was a series on written on writing for publication.  While these articles appear in a nursing journal, many of the tips and points that are made in them are ones that are applicable to other disciplines as well.  These can be found in the CINAHL and PubMed databases here in the library.  The articles cover an array of topics when it comes to publishing and are short and to the point so if you have a couple of minutes and are thinking about doing some publishing, you may want to check them out.

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Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 1: Motivation. British Journal of

Nursing (BJN), 19(16), 1062

Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 2: Subject matter. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 19(17), 1121.

Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 3: Following journal guidelines. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 19(19), 1260.

Fowler, J. (2010). Writing for professional publication. part 4: Supporting your statements. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 19(21), 1374.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 5: Creating interest. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(1), 49.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 6: Writing the abstract. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(2), 120.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 7: Structure and presentation. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(3), 190.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 8: Targeting the right journal. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(4), 254.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 9: Using client case studies. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(5), 330.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 10: Publishing a project report. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(6), 371.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 11: Writing conference abstracts. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(7), 451.

Fowler, J. (2011). Writing for professional publication. part 12: Summary of the series. British Journal of Nursing (BJN), 20(8), 509.