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Writing Lab Reports

Have you been assigned to write a lab report, but aren't sure where to start? Here are some resources that will help you understand what a lab report is, and how to format and write one properly.

Lab Report Resources

Online Guides

The Dos and Don'ts of Lab Reports (Science Undergraduate Society of McGill)

Laboratory Report Instructions (Doyle Online Writing Lab, Reed College)

Writing Lab Reports or Research Reports (University of Guelph)

The Lab Report (University of Toronto)

LabWrite (North Carolina State University & the National Science Foundation)

Books

Writing Undergraduate Lab Reports: A Guide for Students

A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology

Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing Life Sciences

Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing Engineering and the Technical Sciences

Making Sense: A Student's Guide to Research and Writing Geography and Environmental Sciences

How to Design and Report Experiments

Examples

A Well-Written Lab Report and A Poorly-Written Lab Report (Reed College)

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