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• Title:The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Coghill, Anne M.
  Garson, Lorrin R.
  American Chemical Society.
  
• Published/Created:Washington, DC : American Chemical Society ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
  

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  • Call Number: QD8.5 .A25 2006
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Chemistry--Authorship--Style manuals.
  Technical writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  English language--Style--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Medical Subjects: Writing--Handbook.
  
• Edition:3rd ed. / Anne M. Coghill, Lorrin R. Garson, editors.
  
• Description:xiv, 430 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
  
• Summary:"The ACS Style Guide's Third Edition continues its long tradition of providing invaluable insight on ethics in scientific communication, the editorial process, copyright, conventions in chemistry, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and writing style for any STM author, reviewer, or editor. The Third Edition is the definitive source for all information needed to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-388) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780841239999 (cloth : alk. paper)
  0841239991 (cloth : alk. paper)
  9780841274006 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  0841274002 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Part 1. Scientific communication. 1. Ethics in scientific communication / Gordon G. Hammes. Appendix 1-1: Ethical guidelines to publication of chemical research
  2. Scientific papers
  3. The editorial process. Appendix 3-1: proofreaders' marks
  4. Writing style and word usage
  5. Electronic submission of manuscripts using web-based systems / Sarah C. Blendermann. Appendix 5-1: Online submission at selected scientific publishers and research grant agencies. Appendix 5-2: Key features of selected online submission systems
  6. Peer review / Barbara A. Booth
  7. Copyright basics / Karen S. Buehler, C. Arleen Courtney, and Eric S. Slater
  8. Markup languages and the datument / Peter Murray-Rust and Henry S. Rzepa. Appendix 8-1: The IUPAC International Chemical Identifier, InChI / Stephen R. Heller and Alan D. McNaught
  Part 2. Style guidelines. 9. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Appendix 9-1: Recommended spelling list
  10. Editorial style. Appendix 10-1: Computer and internet terms. Appendix 10-2: Abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols
  11. Numbers, mathematics, and units of measure. Appendix 11-1: The International System of Units (SI)
  12. Names and numbers for chemical compounds. Appendix 12-1: End-of-line hyphenation of chemical names. Appendix 12-2: Representation of combinatorial chemistry / Derek Maclean. Appendix 12-3: CAS Registry Numbers
  13. Conventions in chemistry. Appendix 13-1: Symbols for commonly used physical quantities. Appendix 13-2: The Crystallographic Information File / Frank H. Allen
  14. References / Janet S. Dodd, Leah Solla, and Paula M. Bérard. Appendix 14-1: CASSI abbreviations for the 1000+ most commonly cited journals. Appendix 14-2: A sample CASSI entry
  15. Figures / Betsy Kulamer
  16. Tables / Betsy Kulamer
  17. Chemical structures / Antony Williams.