http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
a guide for authors, editors, and researchers
1 online resource (xii, 968 pages) : illustrations
Much like the Chicago manual of style, The manual of scientific style addresses all stylistic matters in the relevant disciplines of physical and biological science, medicine, health, and technology. It presents consistent guidelines for text, data, and graphics, providing a comprehensive and authoritative style manual that can be used by the professional scientist, science editor, general editor, science writer, and researcher.
Part I. General style -- Manuscript preparation -- General style -- Units of measurement -- Citation of references -- Presentation of data and figures -- Part II. References, citations and quotations -- Standards for clear and proper attribution -- Standard citation formats -- Text sources -- Audiovisual media -- Electronic sources -- Part III. Style issues for specific disciplines -- Mathematics -- Physics -- Chemistry -- Earth and environmental science -- Life science -- Medicine -- Civil, mechanical and electrical engineering -- Computer science and information science -- Appendices -- Scientific organizations and publications: standard abbreviations -- Classification schemes in science and technology -- Standard abbreviation dictionary -- Difficult and troublesome terms and words -- Comparative standards for shared terms and conventions -- Bibliography -- Index.
edited by Harold Rabinowitz and Suzanne Vogel.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 925-932) and index.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press/Elsevier, ©2009