Each style has its own rules about how the various parts of a citation are organized and formatted, but they all provide the same information: WHO, WHAT, WHEN and WHERE.
STEM Professions and their most common citation style:
This book provides easy training for the type of writing required of engineers and scientists, gives specific advise for conveying complicated information, and describes how to synthesize information according to specific writing strategies.
This brief, easy-to-use guide gives you an efficient and direct way to improve your writing and speaking skills. The authors focus on those writing activities that engineers perform on a daily basis, such as reports, business letters, office memoranda, and e-mail, as well as oral presentations.
The Handbook of Technical Writing by Gerald J. Alred; Charles T. Brusaw; Walter E. OliuNow in its tenth edition, this classic book remains the complete technical-writing reference for students and professionals alike. Alphabetically organized and easy-to-use, its nearly 400 entries provide guidance for writing all the most common types of professional documents and correspondence, including reports, proposals, manuals, memos, and white papers. Abundant real-world sample documents and visuals throughout the book demonstrate effective technical communication, reflecting current practices for formatting documents and using email. In addition, advice for organizing, researching, writing, and revising complements thorough treatment of grammar, usage, style, and punctuation to provide comprehensive help with writing skills. This edition has been thoroughly revised to include updated advice for analyzing the context of different writing situations, using and integrating visuals, and dealing with ethical concerns in technical writing. Expanded coverage of the latest types of writing for the Web discusses FAQs and blogs as forms of collaborative writing and business promotion. New Digital Tips focus on using technology to assist with writing tasks, such as using wikis for collaborative documents. Entries throughout the book have been revised, updated, consolidated, and streamlined to provide the most accurate and accessible information. Comprehensive yet concise, theHandbook of Technical Writingremains the quick reference faithful users have come to appreciate.
This text is the "definitive" style resource for established and aspiring technical writers. It provides full, authoritative coverage of the techniques and technologies that have revolutionized electronic communications.
Writing for Science by Robert GoldbortThis text encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today's experimental scientist may need to employ. It offers practical advice to optimize the effectiveness of written communications. It discusses how best to approach various writing tasks as well as how to deal with the everyday complexities that may get in the way of ideal practice--difficult collaborators, experiments gone wrong, funding rejections.