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Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 4th spiral ed. New York, NY: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999. ISBN: 9780312406844. If you do not already own one, it is a good idea to get a writer's handbook of some kind.)

Perelman, Leslie C., and Edward Barrett. The Mayfield Handbook of Scientific and Technical Writing. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997. ISBN: 9781559346474.

Michaelson, Herbert B. How to Write and Publish Engineering Papers and Reports. 3rd ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780897746502.

Wilkinson, Antoinette M. The Scientist's Handbook for Writing Papers and Dissertations. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1991. ISBN: 9780139694110.

William, Joseph M. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 9th ed. New York, NY: Longman, 2006. ISBN: 9780321479358.

Day, Robert A., and Barbara Gastel. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 6th ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780313330407.

Day, Robert A. Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals. 2nd ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1995. ISBN: 978-0897749893.