D. TEXT BOOKS 

• REQUIRED BOOKS: 
  
  A Short Guide to Writing about Biology (6th Edition), 2007.  http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/academic/product/1,3110,0321385926,00.html Jan A. Pechenik.  Longman,  New York.  ISBN-10: 0321385926, ISBN-13: 9780321385925.  
  
  Doing Science, Design, Analysis and Communication of Scientific Research. Ivan Valiela, Oxford University Press, (2001). ISBN # 0-19-513413-3.




• RECOMMENDED REFERENCE TEXTS: 
 

Practical Research, Planning and Design (8th Edition).  Leedy and Ormrod. (2004).  Merril Prentice -Hall (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey).   ISBN: 0131108956
 

How to Write and Publish a Scientific paper (6th Edition).  Day (2006). Onyx Press (Phoenix).   ISBN: 0-313-33040-9, ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33040-7

Basic Calculations for Clinical and Biological Analyses: Bassay J.S Efroik. (1993). AOAC International. Wilson Blvd. ISBN# 0-935584-69-2.