References and resources

MAIN SOURCES

• Burton, L.; Cragg, C.; Czarnecki, B.; Paine, S.K.; Pedwell, S.; Phillips, I.H.; Vanderlinden, K. 1987. Editing Canadian English. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 205 pp.
• Canada, Secretary of State. 1985. The Canadian style: a guide to writing and editing. Dundurn Press, Toronto, ON, Canada. 256 pp. [A new edition is due out in 1995.]
• Council of Biology Editors. 1994. Scientific style and format: the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers (6th ed.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 825 pp.
• Fowler, H.W. 1968. A dictionary of modern English usage (2nd rev. ed.). Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 725 pp.
• Gove, P.B., ed. 1981. Webster's third new international dictionary of the English language (unabridged). Merriam, Springfield, MA, USA. 2662 pp.
• Hart, H. 1983. Hart's rules for compositors and readers at the University Press, Oxford (39th ed.). Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. xi + 182 pp.
• Kay, M.W., ed. 1976. Webster's collegiate thesaurus. Merriam-Webster, Springfield, MA, USA. 944 pp.
• Mish, F.C., ed. 1993. Merriam-Webster's collegiate dictionary (10th ed.). Thomas Allen and Son, Markham, ON, Canada. 1559 pp.
• Skillin, M.E.; Gay, R.M. 1974. Words into type (3rd ed.). Prentice Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA. 583 pp.
• Times Books. 1992. Times atlas of the world (9th ed.). Times Books, London, UK. 222 pp.
• University of Chicago Press. 1993. The Chicago manual of style (14th ed.). University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. 921 pp.

OTHER USEFUL REFERENCE BOOKS

• Bernstein, T.M. 1965. The careful writer: a modern guide to English usage. Antheneum, New
• Council of Biology Editors. 1989. Illustrating science: standards for publication. CBE, Bethesda, MD, USA. 296 pp.
• Canadian Standards Association. 1989. Canadian metric practice guide. CSA, Toronto, ON, Canada. CAN/CSA-Z234.1-89, 82 pp.
• Day, R.A. 1992. Scientific English: a guide for scientists and other professionals. Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 125 pp.
• Di Lauro, A.; Brandon, E. 1995. The MIBIS manual: preparing records in microcomputer-based bibliographic information systems (2nd edition). IDRC, Ottawa, ON, Canada. 362 p.
• EAC Quebec/Atlantic Canada. 1995. Tools of the trade: an annotated bibliography of reference sources for editors and writers (2nd ed.). Editors' Association of Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada. 13 pp.
• Follett, W. 1966. Modern American usage. Hill and Wang, New York, NY, USA.
• International Organization for Standardization. 1993. Codes for the representation of currencies and funds. ISO, Geneva, Switzerland. ISO 4217, 17 pp.
• International Organization for Standardization. 1993. Codes for the representation of names of countries (4th ed.). ISO, Geneva, Switzerland. ISO 3166.
• International Organization for Standardization. Irregular. ISO 3166 Newsletter. ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency Secretariat, Berlin, Germany.
• MacGregor, A.J. 1979. Graphics simplified: how to plan and prepare effective charts, graphs, illustrations, and other visual aids. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada. 64 pp.
• Maggio, R. 1987. The non-sexist word finder: a dictionary of gender-free usage. Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 210 pp.
• Maggio, R. 1991. The bias-free word finder: a dictionary of nondiscriminatory language. Beacon, Boston, MA, USA. 293 pp.
• Minick, P. 1994. Biomedical communication: selected AMWA workshops. American Medical Writers Association, Bethesda, MD, USA. 156 pp.
• Montagnes, I. 1991. Editing and publication: a training manual. International Rice Research
• Nurnberg, M. 1972. Questions you always wanted to ask about English: but were afraid to raise your hand. Pocket Books, New York, NY, USA. 258 pp.
• Oxford English Dictionary Department. 1981. The Oxford dictionary for writers and editors. Clarendon Press, Oxford, UK. 462 pp.
• Plotnik, A. 1984. The elements of editing: a modern guide for editors and journalists (1st paperback ed.). Macmillan, New York, NY, USA. 169 pp.
• Schwager, E. 1991. Medical English usage and abusage. Oryx Press, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
• Smith, P. 1987. Mark my words: instruction and practice in proofreading. Editorial Experts, Alexandria, VA, USA. 342 pp.
• Strunk, W., Jr; White, E.B. 1978. The elements of style (rev. 3rd ed.). Macmillan Co., New York, NY, USA. 92 pp.
• Webster. 1977. New geographical dictionary. Merriam Webster Co., Springfield, MA, USA. 1370 pp.
• UN (United Nations). 1991. Country names. UN Conference Services, New York, NY, USA. Bulletin 342 (ST/CS/SER.F/342), 146 pp. [Also updates]

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