The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information (An American Chemical Society Publication)

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In the time since the second edition of The ACS Style Guide was published the rapid growth of electronic communication has dramatically changed the scientific technical and medical (STM) publication world. This dynamic mode of dissemination is enabling scientists engineers and medical practitioners all over the world to obtain and transmit information quickly and easily. An essential constant in this changing environment is the requirement that information remain accurate clear unambiguous and ethically sound. This extensive revision of The ACS Style Guide thoroughly examines electronic tools now available to assist STM writers in preparing manuscripts and communicating with publishers. Valuable updates include discussions of markup languages citation of electronic sources online submission of manuscripts and preparation of figures tables and structures. In keeping current with the changing environment this edition also contains references to many resources on the internet. With this wealth of new information The ACS Style Guides 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.