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Chicago Manual of Style Online
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A short guide to writing about biology, by Jan A. Pechenik
Pearson/Longman, c2007 Permalink
Science and Engineering Library QH304 .P43 2007
Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers
A quick reference for citation styles.
| "No stile of writing is so delightful as that which is all pith, which never omits a necessary word, nor uses an unnecessary one." |
| Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
