Any time you look up an address, you see an abundance of abbreviations and numbers, as in the following movie theater listing from a Google map of Berkeley, California:
Oaks Theater, 1875 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA
Abbreviations and numbers allow writers to present detailed information in a small amount of space. In academic writing, abbreviations and numbers follow conventions that vary from field to field.
Quick Help: Editing abbreviations and numbers
Abbreviating titles and academic degrees
Abbreviating years and hours
Using acronyms and initial abbreviations
Abbreviating company names
Using Latin abbreviations
Abbreviating reference information, geographic terms, and months
Using symbols and units of measurement
Using numbers within sentences
Using numbers to begin sentences
Following conventions for figures
Talking the Talk: Abbreviations and numbers in disciplines