Geology: Writing & Citing in Geology

An openly accessible writers guide for authors of U.S. Geological Survey reports. This publication has a very useful chapter on preparing references (pages 234-241).

The Geological Society of America provides information for authors of articles in their publications, including journal articles and books.

A guide for authors of articles in American Geophysical Union Journals. It includes sample citations for references.

Blackwell, John R. and Martin, Jan. A Scientific Approach to Scientific Writing; Springer: New York, 2011.

Bruyas, Anne-Marie and Riccio, Michaela, eds. Science centres and science events: a science communication handbook; Springer: Milan ; New York, 2013.

Hering, Lutz and Hering, Heike. How to write technical reports: understandable structure, good design, convincing presentation. Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

Öchsner, Andreas. Introduction to scientific publishing: backgrounds, concepts, strategies. Berlin; New York: Springer; 2013.

Rogers, Silvia M. Mastering scientific and medical writing: a self-help guide. Berlin: Springer; 2007.

Gaither, Carl C. and Cavazos-Gaither, Alma E. Gaither’s Dictionary of Scientific Quotations: A Collection of Approximately 27,000 Quotations Pertaining to Archaeology, Architecture, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Cosmology, Darwinism, Death, Engineering, Geology, Life, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Nursing, Paleontology, Philosophy, Physics, Probability, Science, Statistics, Technology, Theory, Universe, and Zoology. 2nd ed. New York: Springer. 2012.