Writing

Yes, I know.  Writing lab reports and journal articles is not the most fun part of doing science or research on any topic!  But, of course, you can have the best conclusions in the world and if you can't communicate them, no one will ever know (least of all me who won't know to give you an A). So:

Some help for writing standard English

• Strunk's famous Elements of Style
• Common errors in English

Scientific/technical writing

• A good article from American Scientist
• A list (and explanations) of errors in word usage in scientific writing, and academic writing in general
• Resources on scientific writing from the American Chemical Society
• How to write a research paper for publication

Laboratory Helps

• A summary of what a laboratory notebook should include
• Some good lab practices
• Some links to useful chemistry sites