Bibliography
of Style Manuals and Writing Guides
GENERAL STYLE MANUALS
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 2003.
Style Manual for Authors, Editors, and Printers. 5th ed. Canberra,
Australia: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996.
Based on the Harvard Style, used widely in Australia and the United Kingdom.
A Style Manual for Citing Microform and Nonprint Media. Eugene B. Fleischer,
Chicago: American Library Association, 1978.
" A companion to any one of the style manuals for the writing of research
papers and theses."
The Complete Manuscript Preparation Style Guide. Carolyn J. Mullins. Englewood
Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982.
Includes discussion of 14 common styles, a bibliography of major and minor styles,
and information on copyright and permissions.
The Elements of Style. 4th ed. William Strunk and E. B. White. Boston:
Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
1918 edition online: www.bartleby.com/141
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HOUSE MANUALS
Style manuals produced by publishing houses for their authors and editors.
Hart’s Rules for Compositors
and Readers at the University Press, Oxford. 39th ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford
University Press, 1983.
The oldest of all the contemporary style manuals.
McGraw-Hill Style Manual: A Concise Guide for Writers and Editors.
Marie Longyear. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
Covers the mechanics of writing and manuscript preparation.
Merriam-Webster’s Manual for Writers and Editors. Springfield, Mass.:
Merriam-Webster, 1998.
Includes punctuation, documentation, typography, etc.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF STYLE MANUALS
Useful for locating manuals for specific disciplines.
Style Manuals of the English-Speaking World. John Bruce Howell. Phoenix,
Ariz.: Oryx, 1983.
General and specialized manuals arranged by discipline.
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ADDITIONAL WEB RESOURCES
Electronic Style: The Final Frontier
web.utk.edu/~hoemann/style.html
The Internet Public Library Citing Electronic Resources
www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html
Quick Study: Library Research Guide
University of Minnesota, Wilson Library
tutorial.lib.umn.edu/infomachine.asp?moduleID=10
Tutorial for using citations in the government, APA, MLA, and Turabian styles.
Web Style Guide
info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual
Based on Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites. Patrick
Lynch and Sarah Horton. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999.
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BASIC GUIDES FOR STUDENTS
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: Modern
Language Association of America, 1998.
General guide online: www.wpunj.edu/~library/mla2.pdf
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed.
Kate L. Turabian. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Based on The Chicago Manual of Style.
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STYLE MANUALS FOR ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
Biology
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 6th
ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Online: nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/science.html
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Chemistry
Handbook for Authors of Papers in American Chemical Society Publications. Washington,
D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1978.
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Engineering
ASTM Style Manual. Philadelphia: Committee on Publication, American
Society for Testing and Materials, 1976.
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Government
Style Manual. 29th ed. Washington, D.C.: United States Government
Printing Office, 2000.
Primarily a printer’s tool. Writers find this source useful.
A guide to government style online: www.library.unt.edu/govinfo/citate/citegen.html
Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for
Writers and Librarians. Diane L. Garner. Bethesda, Md.: Congressional Information
Service, 1993.
Clarifies citation format for U.S., state, local, regional, and international
documents. Also has "standard government documents reference sources." Location:
Wilson Reference J9.5 .G374x 1993
United Nations Editorial Manual. New York: Department of Conference
Services, United Nations, 1983.
Primarily for UN documents. Includes sections on usage, spelling, capitalization,
planning tables, preparing maps for inclusion in text, and other matters.
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Health Sciences
Writing for Nursing Publications. Andrea
B. O’Connor. Thorofare, N.J.: Slack, 1981.
AMA Citation Style: American Medical Association Manual of Style,
9th ed. 1998.
Online: www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citama.htm
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Humanities
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 5th ed. New York: Modern
Language Association of America, 1999.
Designed for undergraduates. Includes the research process, mechanics, format,
bibliography style, documentation sources.
Online: www.wpunj.edu/library/mla2.pdf
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 2nd ed. New York:
Modern Language Association of America, 1998.
Designed for graduate students. Includes
mechanics, documentation format, author-publisher relations, copyright, and
preparing theses and dissertations.
Online: www.wpunj.edu/library/mla2.pdf
Online: webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
Online: owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/rmla.html
MHRA Style Book. 3rd ed. A. S. Maney and R. L. Smallwood. London: Modern
Humanities Research Association, 1981.
The MLA Handbook’s British cousin.
Form and Style: Theses, Reports, Term Papers. 8th ed. William Giles
Campbell.
Designed for undergraduate humanities students. Includes formats for both the MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and The Chicago Manual of Style.
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Journalism
There are four major journalistic style manuals in the United States.
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. Norm Goldstein.
Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus Books, 2000.
Widely used among newspapers. Dictionary format and standard rules for punctuation,
etc.
New York Times Manual of Style and Usage. Revised and expanded edition.
New York: Quadrangle/NYT Book Co., 1999.
Different content from the Associated Press Stylebook.
Washington Post Deskbook on Style. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1989.
Useful information on writing in general and for The Washington Post in
particular.
Broadcast News Manual of Style. 2nd ed. Ron MacDonald. New York: Longman,
1994.
Designed for broadcast journalists. Contains information on script layout,
writing and presenting news, pronunciation, and word usage.
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Law
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 16th ed. Cambridge, Mass.:
Harvard Law Review Association, 1996.
Citing & Typing the Law: A Guide to Legal Citation & Style. 4th
ed. C. Edward Good. Charlottesville, Va.: Legal Education Ltd., 1997.
Based on The Bluebook.
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Mathematics
A Manual for Authors of Mathematical Papers. 8th ed. Providence, R.I.:
American Mathematical Society, 1984.
Mathematics into Type: Copy Editing and Proofreading for Mathematics
for Editorial Assistants and Authors. Updated ed. Ellen Swanson. Providence,
R.I.: American Mathematical Society, 1999.
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Military History
Style Guide for Military History. Washington, D.C.: Editorial Branch,
Center of Military History, Department of the Army, 1981.
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Music
Words and Music: Form and Procedure in Theses, Dissertations, Research
Papers, Book Reports, Programs and Theses in Composition. Ernest Eugene
Helm. Hackensack, N.J.: Boonin, 1971.
Writing about Music: A Style Book for Reports and Theses. 2nd ed.
Demar Buel Irvine. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1968.
Writing about Music: An Introductory Guide. 2nd ed. Richard J. Wingell.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1997.
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Physics
AIP Style Manual. 4th ed. New York: American Institute of Physics,
1990.
Guidelines for preparing physics manuscripts.
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Political Science
Political Science Student Writer’s Manual, Gregory M. Scott and
Stephen M. Garrison. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.
Includes a large section about writing different types of political science papers,
from book reviews to public opinion survey papers.
Essay Writing and Style Guide for Politics and the Social Sciences. 1992.
An Australian manual. Location: Wilson Reference JA74 .L68x 1992
Style Manual for Political Science. Jean P. Kelly. 1988
A brief manual designed for journal publications.
Location: Wilson Reference JA74 .K44x 1988
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Psychology
Form and Style: Theses, Reports, Term Papers. 8th ed. William Giles
Campbell.
Designed for undergraduate humanities students. Includes formats for both the MLA
Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and The Chicago Manual of Style.
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th
ed. Kate L. Turabian. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Based on The Chicago Manual of Style.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed.
Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001.
Addresses APA publications and members of graduate and undergraduate psychology
departments. Other academic disciplines have adopted this manual as well.
Online: www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
The Psychologist’s Companion: A Guide to Scientific Writing for Students
and Researchers. 3rd ed. Robert J. Sternberg. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press, 1993.
Guidelines for writing psychology papers and grant and book proposal information.
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Sociology
ASA Style Guide. American Sociological Association, 1996. Location:
Wilson Reference HM73 .A54x 1996
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MAPS AND NONPRINT AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS
Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide. Suzanne M. Clark et al. Location:
Wilson Reference GA108.7 .C55x 1992 (copies also available in John R. Borchert
Map Library)
Where Credit is Due: A Guide to Proper Citing of Sources, Print and Nonprint. 2nd
ed. Nancy E. Shields.
A guide for citing audiovisual materials and computer sources.
Location: Wilson Reference PN171 .F56 S35 1997
For CD ROMs, see MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and Garner’s
Complete Guide to Citing Government Documents.
Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic Manuscripts: For Authors and Publishers. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1987.
Designed for manuscripts prepared on a computer and submitted on disk or tape.
Location: Wilson Reference Z286 .E43 C48 1986
Columbia Guide to Online Style. Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor. New
York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
Information on citing electronic resources, including examples of humanities
and scientific styles.
Online: www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
Electronic Styles: A Handbook for
Citing Electronic Information. Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. Medford, N.J.:
Information Today, 1996.
A detailed guide to citing electronic sources.
Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age. Constance
Hale. San Francisco, CA: HardWired, 1996.
May be used as a style manual or digital glossary.
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NEWSLETTERS ON STYLE
Copy Editor: Language News for the Publishing Profession. Phoenix,
AZ: McMurray Newsletters. In print and on the Web.
Online: www.copyeditor.com
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BOOKS ON STYLE
Lapsing Into a Comma. Bill Walsh. New York: Contemporary Books, 2000.
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Other Sources
Bibliographic Style Manual. Danielle Thibault. National Library of
Canada.
Location: Wilson Reference Z1001.T4413x 1990
Complete Manuscript Preparation Guide. Carolyn J. Mullins.
Location: Wilson Reference quarto PN160.M8 1982
A Handbook for Scholars. Rev. ed. Mary-Claire Van Leunen.
Location: Wilson Reference PN146.V36 1992
A Short Guide to Writing About Art. Sylvan Barnet.
Location: Wilson Reference N7476.B37 1989
A Short Guide to Writing About History. Richard Marius.
Location: Wilson Reference D13.M294 1999
A Short Guide to Writing About Literature. Sylvan Barnet.
Location: Wilson Reference PE1479.C7 B3 1985b
Copyediting-L
A listserv for copyeditors (University of Indiana).
listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=copyediting-l&A=1
FAQ: www.telp.com/editing/sfindex.htm
FAQ from the ALT.ENGLISH.USAGE Usenet Group
www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/alt-usage-english-faq.html
These resources were compiled from University Relations staff recommendations
(University of Minnesota), Wilson Library at the University of Minnesota (http://wilson.lib.umn.edu/reference/styleman.html),
and bibliographies at Duke University Libraries (www.lib.duke.edu/reference/style_manuals.html).
Note: Most online references are abbreviated versions of the printed publication.
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