Style Guides and Other Writing Aids

 


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The Chicago Manual of Style Online (Fifteenth Edition)

       The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and easy to use, providing quick answers to your style and editing questions.”

Basic Style Guides (Some Specific to Subject Areas or Organizations)

 

AMA Style Guide

Offered by Healthlinks, University of Washington, based on American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th ed., 1998.

American Political Science Association (APSA) Style Guide

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

APA Style Essentials

From Vanguard University

APA Style Guide

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

ASA (American Sociological Association) Guide

A brief style guide for Students writing sociology papers, based on the American Sociological Association Style Guide (1997).  The latest edition of the ASA Style Guide is available in the reference collection of Central Library (Ref. HM586 .A54 2007 on Bookcase 1).    

ASA (American Sociological Association) Format

"This handout is intended for students who are instructed to use "ASA style" when writing research papers."  By California State University Library.

CBE Citation Guide

From Ohio State University Libraries, this guide is based on Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 6th edition, 1994.

CBE Style Guide

Provided by University of Washington Libraries, based on Scientific Style and Format:  The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, Sixth Edition.

Citation Style Guides on the Web

Offers a menu of online style guides / from the Otto G. Richter Library, University of Miami

Citing Sources: Documentation Guidelines for Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

Created by Duke University Libraries, an excellent guide to citing publications used in a research paper, with examples from different styles

DocsCite

A step-by-step guide to putting government publication citations into proper style format, provided by the Arizona State University Libraries

Formatting in Sociology

From the Purdue University Writing Lab

Landmarks Citation Machine

Automatically formats bibliographic data for print and electronic resources into APA and MLA formats (free service of David Warlick's Landmark Project)

MLA: Modern Language Association Style Guide

From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center

National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation

 

Society for American Anthropology (SAA) Journal Style Guide

Editorial policy, information for authors, style guide, and copyright permission for the journals American Antiquity and Latin American Antiquity

Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement

An excellent online guide that gives guidance on when and how to cite sources / from Dartmouth College

Turabian Citation and Format Style Guide

"This guide introduces the Turabian format and provides examples of citation styles . . ." / by Bucknell University Information Services
 For a much more detailed guide with further examples in PDF format, click the following link: Turabian Citation and Format Style Guide (PDF)

Turabian Style: Format for Bibliographies

From University of Georgia Libraries

Turabian Style: Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries

From Maxwell Library, Bridgewater State College

Guides to Citing Electronic Resources or Other Media

 

APA Style for Electronic Reference Formats

From the American Psychological Association

Basic Columbia Guide to Online Style

Produced by the Columbia University Press

How to Cite Film, Video and Online Media

A useful guide created and maintained by the Moffitt Library, University of California, Berkeley

Online Citation Styles

Offers a variety of citation styles, from Online! (Bedford/St. Martin's)

Works Cited: Electronic Sources (MLA Format)

From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)

Other Helpful Writing Guides

Copyright

From the United States Copyright Office& includes copyright basics and answers to frequently asked questions regarding copyright

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

"An interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook"

Primary vs. Secondary Sources

Brief guide noting the difference between primary and secondary sources, and listing types and examples of each / Bowling Green State University.

Primary vs. Secondary Sources: "What is a Primary Source?"

From Princeton University Library 

Strunk's The Element of Style

A classic guide to the elements of good writing, including "Elementary Principles of Composition" and "Elementary Rules of Usage"

 

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