SME Book Publishing Style and Editorial Guide March 2013 Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Inc. 12999 E. Adam Aircraft Circle Englewood, Colorado 80112 www.smenet.org ii CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................1 A FEW WORDS ABOUT WRITING STYLE .....................................................................................................1 REFERENCE MATERIALS ................................................................................................................................1 AUTHOR GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................................2 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ...............................................................................................................2 ABSTRACTS ........................................................................................................................................................2 ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL TITLES .............................................................................................................2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .....................................................................................................................................3 ALPHABETIZATION ..........................................................................................................................................3 AM AND PM ..........................................................................................................................................................3 APPENDICES .......................................................................................................................................................3 BACK MATTER ..................................................................................................................................................3 BETWEEN AND AMONG ....................................................................................................................................3 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................................................................3 BRACKETS ..........................................................................................................................................................4 BRITISH/CANADIAN/AUSTRALIAN SPELLINGS .........................................................................................4 BULLETED LISTS ...............................................................................................................................................4 CAPITALIZATION ..............................................................................................................................................4 CENTURY ............................................................................................................................................................7 CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS/MOLECULAR FORMULAS ................................................................................7 CITING SECTIONS WITHIN CHAPTERS .........................................................................................................7 COLONS ...............................................................................................................................................................7 COMMAS .............................................................................................................................................................8 COMPANY NAMES ............................................................................................................................................8 CONVERSION TO SI UNITS ..............................................................................................................................8 COPYRIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS .................................................................................................................8 COUNTRIES .........................................................................................................................................................8 CURRENCY .........................................................................................................................................................9 DASHES ...............................................................................................................................................................9 DATA IN TABLES ...............................................................................................................................................9 DATES ..................................................................................................................................................................9 DEGREE SYMBOL ..............................................................................................................................................9 DOLLARS .............................................................................................................................................................10 DUE TO AND BECAUSE OF ...............................................................................................................................10 E.G. AND I.E .........................................................................................................................................................10 ELLIPSES .............................................................................................................................................................10 EN/EM DASHES ...................................................................................................................................................10 EPA AND USEPA .................................................................................................................................................10 EQUATIONS ........................................................................................................................................................10 ET AL. ...................................................................................................................................................................11 ETC. ......................................................................................................................................................................11 FEWER AND LESS ...............................................................................................................................................11 iii FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 FOOTNOTES ...................................................................................................................................................... 12 FOREIGN WORDS, PHRASES, AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................... 12 FRACTIONS ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 FRONT MATTER ............................................................................................................................................... 13 GENDER-NEUTRAL LANGUAGE .................................................................................................................. 13 GEOGRAPHIC AREAS/GEOLOGIC NAMES ................................................................................................. 13 GLOSSARY ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 GRAPHICS PREPARATION ............................................................................................................................. 13 GREEK LETTERS .............................................................................................................................................. 14 HARDNESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 14 HEADINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 HYPHENS ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 I.E ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 ITALICS .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 JUNIOR/SENIOR ............................................................................................................................................... 17 LISTS .................................................................................................................................................................. 17 MATHEMATICAL SYMBOLS ........................................................................................................................