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    The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
    Authoritative survey of English usage, grammar, and style.

    ANSI/NISO Z39.18 - 2005 (R2010) Scientific and Technical Reports - Preparation, Presentation, and Preservation
    This standard outlines the elements, organization and design of scientific and technical reports, including guidance for uniform presentation of front and back matter, text, and visual and tabular matter in print and digital formats, as well as recommendations for multimedia reports.

    Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law
    Mortensen Library Reference PN4783 .A83 2011 Check Status

    Chicago Manual of Style (full online version)
    Widely used style guide that can help answer advanced citation and style questions. Has searchable full text, a useful Q&A, and a citation guide summary. To see a table of contents (once your are in the web site), just click the title. A print version is also available.

    Columbia.edu Editorial Style Guide
    Based on the Columbia Guide to Online Style, provides general guidance and examples from humanities (MLA and Chicago) and scientific (APA and CBE) styles of citing electronic information sources.

    Elements of Style by William Strunk
    Online version of the original text of Elements of Style. Click "Check Status" for access. Check Status

    Handbook for Deterring Plagiarism in Higher Education
    Mortensen Library Reference PN167 .C37 2007 Check Status

    MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd Edition
    Mortensen Library Reference LB2369 .G533 2008
    Allen Library Writing Center LB2369 .G53 M53 2008 Check Status

    The Plagiarism Handbook : Strategies for Preventing, Detecting, and Dealing with Plagiarism
    Mortensen Library Reference PN167 .H37 2001 Check Status


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    AIP - Author Resource Center with AIP Style Manual (American Institute of Physics)
    Full text (pdf) of the 4th edition of the official physics style manual.

    AMA Style Guide (Western Oregon University)
    The AMA style provides a way to cite (give credit) to the web pages, articles, books and other sources used in research. This guide will help you with creating in-text citations and references, formatting your paper, and other useful information.

    AMA Style Stat! (Dr. Abel Scribe)
    AMA Stat! is a quick reference to using the style of the American Medical Association in college research papers

    APA Style from Nova Southeastern University’s Alvin Sherman Library
    This site from Nova Southeastern University’s Alvin Sherman Library is intended to help students’ understanding of APA style. For more information, please refer to to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).

    APA Style Guide Website
    Official guidelines for citing electronic information sources, including EBSCOhost and other online databases. Official Site.

    APA Style Resources
    Multiple sites providing guidance on APA style citations.

    Chicago Manual of Style
    Search the full text of the 15th (2003) edition. Free registration required.

    Chicago Style Citation Quick Guide
    Explanation and examples for basics of using Chicago or Turabian style citations.

    Citation Style for Research Papers (CW Post, Long Island University)
    Guidelines for APA, MLA, and other major style manuals. Color coded for easy navigation.

    Citation Styles
    Guidelines for MLA, APA, Chicago, Columbia styles for electronic resources.

    Citeus Legalus
    The Legal Citation Generator for lazy law students.

    Documentation Guidelines: Citing Sources in Your Paper (Duke University Library)
    Basic guidance in using the major styles to cite printed and online sources.

    Documenting Electronic Sources in Specific Disciplines
    Links to basic style guides as well as specific guides for APA, MLA and Turabian style.

    The Elements of Style (Bartleby)
    Full text of William Strunk's classic guide to proper usage.

    Guide for Citing Electronic Information
    Links to finding resources on citing Electronic Styles.

    Guide to Grammar and Writing
    Basic searchable, detailed guide to sentence structure, punctuation, and more. Includes an online dictionary and thesaurus, web links for writers, and even an interactive grammar advice column.

    Guide to Harvard Referencing (Leeds Met University)
    Guide to citing print and electronic materials using a form favored in the sciences.

    Karla's Guide to Citation Style Guides (University of Iowa)
    Links to guides on citations of both print and electronic materials in several styles.

    Modern Language Association (MLA)
    Choose MLA style for guide to formatting citations based on MLA guidelines. Official Site.

    OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue
    This site provides strong guidance in writing career related documents including resumes, curriculum vitae (cv's) and cover letters.

    Resumesamples.info
    Samples and tips on how to write effective resumes.

    Son of Citation Machine
    Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual property.

    Writing Links from the University of Hartford's Center for Reading and Writing
    The University of Hartford's Center for Reading and Writing provides a list of links for help with MLA and APA guidelines, writing a thesis, and other resources for writers.

    Zotero
    Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.


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