Resource: The New York Public Library Writer’s Guide to Style and Usage, Chapter 14, pp. 321–383.
Place names (including states), pp.336–337:
Special note related to ComDor’s usage of state and province abbreviations: Do not use either traditional or postal abbreviations in running text. Instead, write out the state or province name in full.
- The new mathematics professor grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, and says she’s very happy to be returning to New England from California.
Lists of other abbreviations (comprehensive), pp. 343–383:
| General | pp. 343–346 |
| Measurement | pp. 346–350 |
| Medical | pp. 350–357 |
| Scientific and technical | pp. 358–363 |
| Organizations | pp. 364–367 |
| Scholarly | pp. 367–373 |
| Computers | pp. 373–383 |
