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Books: Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style.
(3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan, (Chapter 4).
Contributions in collective works: Mettam, G. R., & Adams, L. B. (1994).
How to prepare an electronic version of your article. In B. S. Jones, & R. Z. Smith (Eds.), Introductions to the electronic age
(pp. 281-304). New York: E-Publishing Inc.
Journal articles: Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J. A. J., & Lupton, R. A. (2000).
The art of writing a scientific article. Journal of Scientific Communications, 163, 51-59.
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