Style
Manuals and Guides in Print
American
Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association.
5th ed. Washington, DC: APA, 2001.
(LC) Reserve Desk: BF76.7 .P83 2001; (MM RH)
Ref BF76.7 .P83 2001
The Chicago
Manual of Style.
15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
(RH LC) Ref Z 253 .C57 15th ed.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA
Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing.
2nd ed. New York : Modern Language Association, 1998.
(RH) Ref PE 1478 .M572 1998; (LC) Reserve PE 1478 .M572 1998
Gibaldi,
Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association, 2003.
(MM) Ref PE 1478 .M57 2003; (LC) Reserve PE 1478 .M57 2003
Hale, Constance.
Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age.
New York: Broadway Books, 1999.
(LC RH) Ref QA76.15 .W55 1999
Li, Xia and Nancy Crane.
Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information.
2nd ed. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1996.
(RH LC) Ref PN171.F56 L5 1996
Szuchman, L.T. Writing
With Style: APA Style for Social Work.
2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, 2004. (LC) Reserve
HM586.S98 2004
Turabian,
Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
(RH) Ref LB2369 .T8 1996; (LC) Reserve LB2369 .T8 1996
Science & Technology
American Medical Association
Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors.
9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
(RH LC) Ref R 119 .A533 1998
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers.
6th ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
(RH LC) Ref T 11 .S286 1994
The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical
Publications.
Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press, 1998.
(LC) Ref T 11 .M467 1998
History & Political Science
Style
Manual for Political Science.
Washington, DC: American Political Science Association, 1993.
(LC) Ref JA86 .A52 1993
Business
Alred, Gerald J. The
Business Writer's Handbook.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2006.
(RH LC MM) Ref HF 5721 .A465 2006
De Vries, Mary Ann.
Prentice Hall Style Manual: A Complete Guide with Model
Formats for Every Business Writing Occasion.
Englewood, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1992.
(LC) Ref PE 1479 .B87 D4 1992
Diamond, Harriet,
et al. Executive Writing: A Style Manual for the Business World.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. (LC) HF 5718.3 .D53 1997
Lindsell-Roberts, Sheryl. 135 Tips for Writing Successful Business Documents.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
(RH LC MM) Ref HF 5726 .L57 2006
Religion
Christian Writer's Manual of Style.
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004
(RH) Ref BR44 .C48 2004
The SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient
Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies.
Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999.
(RH LC) Ref PN147 .S26 1999
Journalism
The
New York Times Manual of Style and Usage.
New York: Times Books, 1999.
(RH LC) Ref PN4783.S57 1999
The Associated Press Stylebook and Libel
Manual.
Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1998.
(RH LC) Ref PN4783 .A77 1998
UPI Stylebook: The Authoritative Handbook
for Writers, Editors & News Directors.
3rd ed. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 1992.
(RH LC) Ref PN4783.M47 1992
MacDonald, R. H. A Broadcast News Manual
Of Style.
2nd ed. New York: Longman, 1994.
(LC) Reserve PN4784.B75 M24 1994
Grammar
Handbooks, Manuals, Etc.
Campbell, D.M., Cignetti, P.B.,
et al. How to Develop a Professional Portfolio: A Manual for Teachers.
4th ed. Boston: Pearson, 2007.
(LC MM) Ref LB 2838 .H56 2007
Harbrace
College Handbook.
13th ed. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1998. (LC) Ref PE1112 .H6 1998
The New York Public
Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage.
New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
(RH) Ref PE 1421 .N46 1994; (LC) Reserve
PE 1421 .N46 1994
The Oxford Dictionary
for Writers and Editors.
2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.
(RH LC) Ref PE1628.089 2000
Strunk, W. The Elements
of Style.
4th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999. (LC) Reserve PE1421.S7 1999
Szuchman, L.T. Writing With Style: APA Style for Social Work.
2nd ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole-Thomson Learning, 2004. (LC) Reserve HM586.S98
2004
Walker, Janice
R. The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
(RH LC) Ref PN171.F56 W35 1998
Woe is I: The Grammarphobes Guide to Better English in Plain English
New York: Putnam, 1996. (RH LC) PE1112. O28 1996
Below is a selected list of style guides online. Always check with your instructor to be sure that you are using the one most appropriate for you needs.
American
Psychological Association
Here is the
APA-sponsored guide to citing electronic sources.
APA Style Guide 5th Edition
This is an excellent guide to citing books, journals, dissertations, electronic information
and other media.
Citing Electronic Information
in History Papers
This site was developed and is maintained by Maurice Crouse of the Department of History
at the University
of Memphis.
Columbia Guide to Online
Style
This site is based on the book by Janice R. Walker, which is mentioned in the bibliography
above.
Journalism Resources
Compiled and edited by Karla Tonella of the
University of Iowa, this list incorporates links to a wide variety of "style
sites."
Modern Language Association Style Online
The Modern Language Association's official Web page,
which provides an overall guide to their writing style.
Syracuse University Library
Here is a collection of citation style guides in which both electronic and print research
needs are addressed.
Waldo Information
Services
This is an outstanding guide to electronic citation in the various standard formats
including APA, MLA & Chicago Manual of style.
Citing Sources--Guide
to Library Research
Maintained by the Duke University Libraries, this page
addresses questions regarding source citing.
The Elements of Style
by William Strunk, Jr.
This is a celebrated text available via Bartleby.com.
Guide to Grammar
and Writing
This site is maintained by Professor Charles Darling and
is sponsored by the Capital Community College (Hartford).
Olin Library
at Cornell
Here is useful advice for critically appraising electronic and traditional sources of
information.
Study Guides and Strategies
Maintained by the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, Minn.), this site offers
information in English and fourteen other languages.
Study
Strategies Homepage
This is a helpful site from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
The Writers' Workshop
Live assistance is limited to those at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; however, there is a great deal of
useful information online.
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