OCS Monograph MMS 94-0049
MMS Style Guide
Scientific & Technical Publications
A Guide for Authors, Editors, Reviewers, and Word Processors of MMS Scientific and Technical Publications
This style guide is intended for scientific and technical reports and publications. It does not Replace MMS’s existing correspondence manual, Which provides style guidance for preparing documents of an administrative nature (memorandums, letters, issue documents, etc.)
Contents with Links
Cover Title Page Front Matter, i
Author (Committee) Information, ii Foreword signed by C. Quarterman, iii Preface, iv How to Use the Guide, vi Contents, vii
Abbreviations, 1 Bibliographies & Footnotes, 27 Capitalization, 45 Compound Words, 71 English-Metric Usage, 93 Lists, 111 Numerals, 115 Plurals, 131 Punctuation, 143 Signs & Symbols, 171 Spacing, 181 Spelling, 189 Index, 199
U.S. Department of the Interior
Minerals Management Service
Herndon, Virginia 1995 (Web version 2001)