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Writing up and presenting your research
Style Guides
A Style Guide is a publication which specifies details of writing style required by a particular publisher or professional organization. The writing style includes matters such as punctuation, capitalization, and rules for citing references. For additional information on citing references and avoiding plagiarism see Citing Your Sources Research Guide.
Try this first Dodd, Janet S., The ACS style guide: a manual for authors and
editors
(QD8.5.A25 1997)
Harnack, Andrew, Online!: a reference guide to using internet
sources
(General Ref Electronic Access TK5105.875.I57 H364 2000)
Li, Xia, Electronic style: a guide to citing electronic information
(ChemRef PN171.D37 L5 1993)
Young, Matt, The technical writer's handbook: writing with style
and clarity
(ChemStacks T11.Y68 1989)