Link to Internet Sources for Science Writing Aids

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SIRCh: Selected Internet Resources for Chemistry

Science Writing Manuals and Style Guides

• A Quick Guide to Citing Using the ACS Style Guide, 3rd ed. by Nan Butkovich (Penn State University)
• The ACS Style Guide (3rd ed., 2006)
• ACS Style Guidelines (University of Wisconsin)
• The Chemistry Style Manual 2nd revised ed., 2004 by Kieran F. Lim (Deakin University)
• MLA Style Manual (Modern Language Association)
  • How do I document sources from the Web in my works-cited list? (MLA)
• The Columbia Guide to Online Style
• Online Technical Writing by David McMurrey, Austin Community College
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students by : Michael Alley, Virginia Tech; Leslie Crowley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jeff Donnell, Georgia Tech; or Christene Moore, University of Texas at Austin.

• Guides for Better Science Writing (Indiana University)
• CAS DDS Title Search (abbreviated journal titles can be searched here)
• Journal Titles and Abbreviations: Lists journal titles and their Chemical Abstracts abbreviations.
• All that JAS (Journal Abbreviation Sources, a registry of Web resources that list or provide access to the full title of journal abbreviations)

Software and Other Tools for Writing Assistance

• EndNote and Other Bibliographic Reference Programs (University of California, Davis)
• EndNote (Wisconsin)
• ACD's ChemFolder
• ACD's ChemSketch
• ACD's Structure Drawing Applet
• CambridgeSoft's ChemDraw
• MDL's ISIS/Draw
• Chemistry 4D-Draw
• Bio-Rad DrawIt (formerly, ChemWindow)
• Molinspiration WebME Molecular Editor
• OSRA Optical Structure Recognition (Web version)
  • OSRA (standalone version)
• [1] Chemical Literature Data Extraction (University of Leeds)
• Greek letters, Symbols, Subscripts, and Superscripts
• sciPROOF
• Publicon (from BioMedCentral)

Chemical Nomenclature Aids

• Nomenclature Lite: A Guide to Naming and Indexing Chemical Compounds by Charles H. Davis
• AUTONOM (organic nomenclature tool) included with CrossFire Beilstein
• Chemistry 4-D Nomenclator
• ACD's Name (organic)
• IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Compounds (1979 and 1993 versions from ACD)
• Recommendations on Biochemical & Organic Nomenclature, Symbols & Terminology etc.
  • IUPAC version
  • IUBMB version
• IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology - the Gold Book
• Abbreviations and Symbols for Nucleic Acids, Polynucleotides, and Their Constituents (IUPAC-IUB)
• Biochemical Nomenclature Publications (IUPAC-IUBMB)
• IUPAC Publications on Nomenclature and Symbolism
• Bibliography of IUPAC and IUBMB Nomenclature Recommendations, August 1993
• Index to Organism Names (ION)
• Enzyme Nomenclature Database
• Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides; Recommendations 1983
• Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)
• Graphical Representation of Stereochemical Configuration (IUPAC Recommendations 2006)
• Chemical Nomenclature Aids in the IU Chemistry Library

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