MMS Style Guide: Scientific and Technical Publications. A Guide for Authors,Editors, Reviewers, and Word Processors of MMS Scientific and Technical Publications

摘要

The MMS Style Guide, Scientific & Technical Publications, serves as the MineralsManagement Service's (MMS) primary reference for determining usage and style issues to promote clear, accurate, and consistent communication in its scientific and technical reports on the Nation's offshore energy (oil, gas, solid minerals) resources. For ease in locating topics, the guide is arranged alphabetically (Abbreviations, Bibliographies & Footnotes, Capitalization, etc.). The guide contains guidelines, explanations, and examples of the rules of good communication and grammar using actual examples from MMS reports. It contains information on industry symbols, detailed metric tables, plurals of species names, and examples of the three bibliographic citation styles currently being used in MMS. It also includes an index and cross referencing to additional examples. Style rules are based mostly on the Government Printing Office (GPO) Manual.