The "style" formats for science publications vary by discipline. These style formats govern how you should cite references as well as how you should lay out your own paper, report, or presentation. A good first step is to check the style used by the journals relevant to your program.
Some common formats are those used by IEEE, ASME, and ACM. Building construction publications may use that of the ASCE. The Chicago Manual of Style is also commonly used. (NoodleTools works with Chicago.)
The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th Edition
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Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. That is why for more than one hundred years The Chicago Manual of Style has remained the definitive guide for anyone who works with words. In the seven years since the previous edition debuted, we have seen an extraordinary evolution in the way we create and share knowledge. This seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been prepared with an eye toward how we find, create, and cite information that readers are as likely to access from their pockets as from a bookshelf. It offers updated guidelines on electronic workflows and publication formats, tools for PDF annotation and citation management, web accessibility standards, and effective use of metadata, abstracts, and keywords. It recognizes the needs of those who are self-publishing or following open access or Creative Commons publishing models. The citation chapters reflect the ever-expanding universe of electronic sources--including social media posts and comments, private messages, and app content--and also offer updated guidelines on such issues as DOIs, time stamps, and e-book locators. Other improvements are independent of technological change. The chapter on grammar and usage includes an expanded glossary of problematic words and phrases and a new section on syntax as well as updated guidance on gender-neutral pronouns and bias-free language. Key sections on punctuation and basic citation style have been reorganized and clarified. To facilitate navigation, headings and paragraph titles have been revised and clarified throughout. And the bibliography has been updated and expanded to include the latest and best resources available. This edition continues to reflect expert insights gathered from Chicago's own staff and from an advisory board of publishing experts from across the profession. It also includes suggestions inspired by emails, calls, and even tweets from readers. No matter how much the means of communication change, The Chicago Manual of Style remains the ultimate resource for those who care about getting the details right.
The IBM Style Guide
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The IBM Style Guide distills IBM wisdom for developing superior content: information that is consistent, clear, concise, and easy to translate. The IBM Style Guide can help any organization improve and standardize content across authors, delivery mechanisms, and geographic locations.
Technical Writing with Style, Sixth edition
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A job performance aid for writing and organizing all kinds of training, maintenance, and operational-support materials for screen and print.
Written for new and experienced technical writers, - here are case studies of the developmental processes for choosing appropriate ways to present all types of instruction and decision-support information with style.
Topics include protecting your intellectual property, package and equipment labeling, punctuation and grammar, word selection and creation, and much more.
Web Content Rx
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Web Content Rx is a hands-on primer that shows anyone--even technical novice--show to write high-quality, keyword-laden, search engine optimized Web content. Based on the latest research on how people read the Web, it also includes numerous tips, tricks, and techniques on writing a blog, training, and creating an audio or video podcast. This must-have reference is for anyone working on the Web. Webmasters can avoid losing projects for lack of content. Business people can now create effective, readily understood Web content about their services or products. eBay sellers can create powerful online advertisements and photograph your products to maximize their appeal. Technical writers, and those who write for industry, will appreciate the extensive safety-related material.
The Elements of International English Style
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This easy-to-use handbook is an essential resource for anyone who needs to write English correspondence for an international business audience.
The Global English Style Guide
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The Global English Style Guide illustrates how much you can do to make written texts more suitable for a global audience. Accompanied by an abundance of clearly explained examples, the Global English guidelines show you how to write documentation that is optimized for non-native speakers of English, translators, and even machine-translation software, as well as for native speakers of English.
Minimum Competence in Scientific English
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Completely revised edition of the successful Minimum Competence in Scientific English, first published in 1991. The texts have been renewed and many new features, including communicative, web, and group activities have been added. The book has been written for students working in the fields of science, technology, and engineering who have a basic knowledge of general English and wish to make that fundamental change - to move from the status of learner to the status of user. Minimum Competence in Scientific English has been designed specifically for learners whose ambition it is to master English as a work tool within the next 12 months.
