Major Academic Style Guides

• The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, The University of Chicago Press 

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition, APA

• A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, K. Turabian

• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, J. Gibaldi and W. S. Achtert

• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, J. Gibaldi

• Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, E. J. Huth

• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 17th ed., Harvard Law Review Association et al.

Other Helpful Writing Guides                     Return to Editorial Services 

• The Elements of Style, W. Strunk and E. B. White

• The Elements of Grammar, Margaret Shertzer

• The Columbia Guide to Online Style, J. Walker, T. W. Taylor

• The Columbia Guide to Standard American English, K. Wilson

• The American Heritage English as a Second Language Dictionary

• Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, Merriam-Webster

• Academic Writing for Graduate Students: A Course for Nonnative Speakers of English, by J. M. Swales and C. Feak

• NTC's American Idioms Dictionary, Richard A. Spears

• Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis, Joan Bolker

• California State L.A. Writing Center's online resources: http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/write_cn/sites.htm

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