Check these books for basic information.
All are fairly recent and should be easy to find at bookstores.
Dictionary: Riverside Webster's II Dictionary.
Grammar: Harbrace College Handbook, 13th edition.
Graphics: Edward Tufte's The Visual Display of Quantitative Information gives good basic guidance.
Scientific style: Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th ed. (1994).
, The ACS Style Guide, 2nd ed. (1997).
Usage:
Many guides are available. T. Bernstein's various books (e.g., The Careful
Writer) are good.
