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Australian manual of scientific style Start communicating effectively
Social sciences
The social sciences are about how people function in society. They include psychology, sociology, anthropology, demography, politics, education and linguistics; new areas such as urban studies and international relations are emerging.
This section covers:
- Social science writing style
- Challenges in social science writing
- Types of social science publications
- Social science writing resources.
Other relevant sections
How to:
- make content accessible
- use clear and appropriate language
- write about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- write about evidence
- write about risk
- write about data and statistics
- cite other work.
How to present and format:
- abbreviations of academic and professional qualifications
- Australian regions
- country names
- geographical and political regions
- state and territory government departments
- numbers and units
- acronyms and initialisms
- titles of documents and other resources
- quotations
- references.
How to capitalise:
- academic and professional qualifications
- school and tertiary course descriptors
- job titles
- ethnic groups
- names of events
- national and religious holidays
- organisations and institutions
- political parties
- proper nouns.