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Select
a Style Guide
As author, you need to
select a locus for ultimate publication of your manuscript. For longer works
select a university press. For shorter works a scientific or scholarly journal
is appropriate. The publisher’s Web site, under "Guidelines for Authors" or
similar heading, will tell you which style guide to follow.
The ThesisEditor is highly
experienced reshaping manuscripts in accordance with the requirements of the
following style guides:
Chicago:
The
Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.,
Chicago University Press. The bible for scholarly authors.
Turabian: Kate L. Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th revised edition. Chicago for students. See Part I for organization of a thesis.
ACS:
The
ACS Style Guide, 3rd ed., American
Chemical Society.
AMS: Mathematics
into Type, updated ed., 1999, American
Mathematical Society.
AIP: AIP Style Manual, 4th ed., American Institute of Physics. Complete text available at http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style.html
APA: Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed. Preferred in the social sciences.
CSE: Scientific
Style and Format: The CSE Manual, 7th
ed., Council of Scientific Editors. Favored in medically related fields.
For graduate school theses, also consult the official thesis style guide for your university.
(If you need to follow the
AMA style guide or the Blue Book, you should probably consult a thesis editor
who specializes in the medical or legal fields.
For further information write to leeayoung@morrisbb.net.
After selecting a style guide, you are ready to continue preparing your manuscript.
Summaries:
For concise summaries of
major style guides, explore http://www.docstyles.com
For a summary of Chicago guidelines to references, see http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org
Visit http://new-www3.uark.edu/qwct/resources/indexX.asp. See Item #17 for a concise summary of the Chicago Manual of Style.
For ACS, see http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/acsstyle.html