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Australian manual of scientific style Start communicating effectively
Quick guides to print
AMOS refers to a number of quick guides that summarise information in the manual in an accessible PDF that can be downloaded and printed. The available quick guides are listed below.
Engaging
Writing
- Keep it short, keep it focused – web-writing basics
- Eliminating wordiness
- The language of evidence
- Effective grant applications
Editing
- ‘Bare bones’ editing checklist
- Keeping up appearances: some basics of style
- The little marks really matter: punctuation checklist
- Using numbers and units
- Compound adjectives – to hyphenate or not to hyphenate
- Using words to describe colours
- ‘The’ or no ‘the’ – that is the question for acronyms and abbreviations
- Are you speaking my language? Common biological prefixes and suffixes
- Formatting references
Showing
- More than the words and more than the design: using an information design approach
- What type of graph is best for my data?
- Tips for using tables and graphs
Also available is a quick guide summarising the main style differences between AMOS and the Australian Government’s online style manual.