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)
- 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 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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