Libraries

Search our library collections for the publications, multimedia, images, and web resources you need for effectively communicating science.

Writing & Publishing

• UCAR Communications style guide and acronyms list
• Policies, Procedures and Guidelines for Submitting NCAR Proposals for Non-NSF and NSF Special Funds (internal only)
• COMET guide for producting instructional illustrations
• Common Errors in English Usage, Paul Brians, Washington State University
• Guide to Grammar and Style, Jack Lynch, associate professor at Rutgers University
• Online help with English for scientific writers and presenters, Institut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Bern
• Online Writing Lab (OWL) — Writing resources from Purdue University
• Research and Technical Writing, University of Florida
• Technical Writing for Computer Engineers and Computer Scientists, University of California-Santa Cruz
• AMS Publications and Information
• RefWorks — a web-based tool from the NCAR Library for creating a personal database of citations

Presentation Skills

• NOAA Seattle Regional Library Scientific Presentations — Pointers on preparing and presenting oral scientific presentations, using charts and graphs, public speaking
• Presentation Skills
• Oral Presentation Advice
• Presentations Magazine
• Big Dog's Leadership Page-Presentation Skills
• The Woman Physicist's Guide to Speaking

Many references are available in hardcopy
or online from the NCAR Library.

Mentoring

• Skills/Learning Exchange — A database of employees who want to share experiences, skills, knowledge and resources with other staff members
• NCAR/UCAR Early Career Scientist Assembly (ECSA) — A forum to discuss career development topics and to host scientific leaders in the atmospheric sciences.
• Peer Mentoring Groups — A guide to individual Peer Mentoring Groups active within the UCAR
• UCAR Coaching Peers (CoPs) — A group to promote and foster coaching relationships among peers that improve and enhance work-related skills and professional development to administrators and similar job families.

English as a Second Language

Education and Outreach Forum