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Writing and Publishing

This resource guide contains links and tools to assist you in finding writing and publishing resources. If you have any questions please contact the Reference Desk at 314-362-7085, or email the Guide's Editors.

Guide Editor: Reference Staff

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Author Rights

Copyright and Fair Use
Site maintained by Stanford University Libraries.
Copyright Tutorial
An online tutorial on copyright from the University of Texas Library web page.
Fair Use from MLA
The Medical Library Association's (MLA) position on Fair Use.
U.S. Copyright Guidelines
Guidelines from the U.S. Copyright Office.
Washington University Copyright Policy

Citation Style Guide

Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors and Publishers
This publication contains recommendations for citing all types of material including homepages, books, journal articles, and e-mail messages, and provides many examples illustrating the recommendations.
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences
Maintained by the Mulford Library at the Medical College of Ohio, this site provides instructions to prospective authors for hundreds of different journals in the health sciences.
List of Serials Indexed in Index Medicus (MEDLINE Journal Abbreviations)
Abbreviations of journal titles, full titles matched to abbreviations, and full bibliographic information for any journal indexed by the National Library of Medicine.
Style Guides and Other Writing Aids
Style guide from Vanderbilt University.

Dictionaries, Thesauri, Quotations

APA Style
Bartlett's Quotations
Dictionaries & Thesauri
This list is from the Olin Library on the Hilltop Campus. (Restricted to WU faculty, students and staff.)
Dictionaries - Yahoo Directory
Dictionaries and Language Resources
List maintained by My Virtual Reference Desk.
Quotations - Yahoo Directory
Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 ed.
Courtesy of University of Chicago.
Thesauri - Yahoo Directory
Thesauri and Quotations
List maintained by My Virtual Reference Desk.

Publishers

AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
This portion of AcqWeb is an international directory of publishers and vendors used by libraries. It links to their Web sites and email addresses. It is maintained for the benefit of the library community, in particular, acquisitions, collection development and serials librarians.

Reference Management Software

EndNote Plus
From Niles & Associates, developers of EndNote Plus and Endlink.
Reference Manager
From Research Information Systems, developers of Reference Manager and Reference Update.

Writing Style, Grammar, Usage

Elements of Style
Full-text of the classic guide by William Strunk, Jr.

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