The writer’s reference shelf
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This branch covers resources kept for routine fact, terminology and usage checks, divided by kind: standing reference books, lookup sites, curated corpora and glossaries, and online writing guidance. It leaves literature searching, choosing an applicable style manual, learning an unfamiliar subject and drafting research manuscripts to neighbouring topics.
- Standing reference works for a medical writer — workspace tools, clinical and statistical texts, language references, research-writing guides, specialist manuals and practitioners’ shelves
- Lookup sites for writers and editors — reference verification, spelling and usage, drugs, trials, guidelines, diseases, anatomy and apps
- Checking terms in curated corpora and glossaries — search-engine counts, edited corpora and specialist dictionary and glossary directories
- Finding writing advice and learning resources — online grammar guides, writing blogs and scientific-paper guidance, with attention to their fit for medical writing