Subject-specific style manuals

Different disciplines have their own conventions for writing and documentation. These conventions are described in specific style manuals, which tell authors how to prepare articles for publication.

BIOLOGY

Council of Science Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 7th ed. Reston: Council of Science Eds., 2006.

Also see CSE style

BUSINESS

American Management Association. The AMA Style Guide for Business Writing. New York: AMACOM, 1996.

CHEMISTRY

Coghill, Anne M., and Lorrin R. Garson, eds. The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information.. 3rd ed. Washington: Amer. Chemical Soc., 2006.

ENGINEERING

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE Editorial Style Manual.. IEEE, n.d.

ENGLISH AND THE HUMANITIES

MLA Handbook. 8th ed., MLA, 2016.

Also see MLA style

GEOLOGY

Bates, Robert L., Rex Buchanan, and Marla Adkins-Heljeson, eds. Geowriting: A Guide to Writing, Editing, and Printing in Earth Science. 5th ed. rev. Alexandria: Amer. Geological Inst., 2004.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Garner, Diane L. The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Social Science and Business Research. 3rd ed. Bethesda: Congressional Information Service, 2002.

United States Government Printing Office. Style Manual. 30th ed. GPO, 2008.

HISTORY

The Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017.

Also see Chicago style

JOURNALISM

Goldstein, Norm, ed. Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. Rev. ed. New York: Associated Press, 2008.

LAW

Harvard Law Review et al. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 18th ed. Cambridge: Harvard Law Rev. Assn., 2005.

LINGUISTICS

Linguistic Society of America. Language Style Sheet. LSA, n.d.

MATHEMATICS

American Mathematical Society. AMS Author Handbook. AMS, 2008.

MEDICINE

American Medical Association. AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 10th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2007.

MUSIC

Holoman, D. Kern, ed. Writing about Music: A Style Sheet from the Editors of 19th-Century Music. Berkeley: U of California P, 1988.

Also see MLA style

PHYSICS

American Institute of Physics. Style Manual: Instructions to Authors and Volume Editors for the Preparation of AIP Book Manuscripts. 5th ed. New York: AIP, 1995.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

American Political Science Association. APSA Style Manual for Political Science. Rev. ed. Washington: APSA, 2006.

PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6th ed. Washington: APA, 2010.

Also see APA style

SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL WRITING

American National Standards Institute. American National Standard for the Preparation of Scientific Papers for Written or Oral Presentation. ANSI, 2005.

Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications. 3rd ed. Redmond: Microsoft, 2004.

Rubens, Philip, ed. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001.

SOCIAL WORK

National Association of Social Workers Press. NASW Press Author Guidelines. NASW P, 2009.