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Style Manuals
General
Scientific
Dictionaries
General
Scientific and Specialised
Other Resources
Guides to Usage
and Prose Style
Handbooks,
Encyclopaedias and other reference works
Measurement,
Nomenclature and Taxonomy
Graphics
and Design
Standards
for Editing and Publication
Guides
to Information Sources
| Handbooks, encyclopaedias and
other reference works |
| CRC Handbook of Chemistry
and Physics. 74th ed. Boca Raton
(FL): CRC Press; 1993.
A massive, classic handbook of quantitative
and descriptive data. Also covers geophysics,
astronomy, acoustics, and mathematics. One section
covers nomenclature and symbolisation. |
| Geigy Scientific Tables.
8th ed. 6 volumes. West Caldwell
(NJ): CIBA-Geigy; 1991-1993.
An exhaustive and authoritative compilation
of tabular and descriptive information relevant
to clinical bacteriology, clinical medicine,
laboratory medicine, medical science, nutrition,
physics, physical chemistry, mathematics, and
statistics. Individual volumes are referenced
in the appropriate chapters of this manual.
A remarkably low-priced work. |
| Guidelines for Bias-Free
Writing. M Schwartz and the Task Force on Bias-Free
Language of the Association of American University
Presses. Bloomington: Indiana University Press;
1995. |
| The Handbook of Nonsexist
Writing. C Miller, K Swift. New York (NY): Lippincott
& Crowell; 1980. |
| McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopaedia
of Science and Technology. 7th ed.
20 volumes. New York: McGraw-Hill; 1992.
Detailed and comprehensive coverage of pure
and applied science. Most articles have short
bibliographies of additional sources. The index
volume includes an index of topics by discipline
and technical field and a section on scientific
notation with conversion factors and symbols. |
| The Oxford Companion to
the English Language. T McArthur, editor. New
York: Oxford University Press; 1992.
A one-volume encyclopaedic source on the history
of English, on definitions of linguistic and
lexicographic terms, and on grammar, punctuation,
usage, alphabets, regional differences, and
many other aspects of published and spoken English.
Thoroughly cross-referenced. A valuable work
for all anglophones who want to know their language
better. |
| Publishers Directory. 15th
ed. New York: Gale Research; 1994. |
| Synopsis and Classification
of Living Organisms. New York: McGraw-Hill;
1982.
Encyclopaedic compilation of descriptions of
taxa down to, and including, families. Taxa
described for characteristics, biology, ecology,
and distribution. Purely fossil taxa excluded.
Index of all described taxa. |
| Van Nostrand's Scientific
Encyclopaedia. 7th ed. New York:
Van Nostrand Reinhold; 1988. |
| Working with Words: A Concise
Handbook for Media Writers and Editors. 2nd
ed. BS Brooks, JL Pinson. New York (NY): St.
Martins Press; 1993. |
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