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. Prof. Darling will answer your grammar questions via email.
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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.