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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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AT-ISTA |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20191018133543.0 |
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121022s2013 ilu 001 0 eng c |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012043145 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780226026374 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN |
9780226026404 (e-book) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
ICU/DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
ICU |
| Description conventions |
rda |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
T11 |
| Item number |
.G6814 2013 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
808.06/65 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Greene, Anne E. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6172 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Writing science in plain English / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Anne E. Greene. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Chicago ; |
| -- |
London : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
The University of Chicago Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 124 pages ; |
| Dimensions |
22 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content type term |
text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media type term |
unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier type term |
volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Why write science in plain English? -- Before you write -- Audience -- Register -- Tone -- Tell a story -- Make characters subjects and their actions verbs -- Use strong verbs -- Place subjects and verbs close together -- Favor the active voice -- Benefits of active voice -- Proper uses of passive voice -- Choose your words with care -- Use short words instead of long ones -- Keep terms the same -- Break up noun strings -- Rethink technical terms -- Omit needless words -- Redundancy -- Metadiscourse and transition words -- Affirmatives and negatives -- Old information and new information -- Put old information at beginnings of sentences -- Put new information at ends of sentences -- Make lists parallel -- Vary the length of your sentences -- Design your paragraphs -- Issue -- Development -- Conclusion -- Point -- Arrange your paragraphs -- Chronological order -- General to specific -- Least important to most important -- Problem to solution -- Compare and contrast -- Transition words revisited -- Appendix 1: basic writing concepts -- Appendix 2: exercise key. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Technical writing. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3141 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Communication in science. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1794 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
English language |
| General subdivision |
Style. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
3138 |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
Chicago guides to writing, editing, and publishing. |
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6173 |
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7 |
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1 |
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20 |
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y-gencatlg |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |