Writing, Citation, and Style Guides
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Citation Guides
- APA Style Guide
- From Purdue University, a guide to the American Psychological Association's publication format.
Citing Internet Resources
- NoodleTools free tools
- Citation helper for MLA, APA, and Chicago styles, and knowledge base of advice about how to cite a source.
Style Sheets for Citing Resources- From UC Berkeley Teaching Library. Includes printable style examples for APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles.
Grammar & Usage
- Guide to Grammar
- A well-organized website created by an English professor for his classes. With an archive of previously asked questions, and interactive quizzes to test your knowledge.
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Writer Resources - From the University of Illinois Writers Workshop. The resources are organized into Handbooks covering grammar, citation styles, and writing techniques. Also has links to ESL resources.
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Online Resources for Writers - This large collection of useful grammar and style information is part of the online instructional materials used in the Purdue University OWL (On-line Writing Lab) progam.
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Style Guides
- The Elements of Style
- The Strunk & White classic, from Project Bartleby.
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The Curmudgeon's Stylebook - "is intended not as a replacement for APs stylebook, the traditional newsroom bible, but as a supplement." Good source for current usage in American journalism.
How Users Read on the Web- A concise outline based on usability testing of how readers respond to writing style on web pages, with tips to improve usability.