Style Manuals
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Common Style Manuals
The OWL at Purdue - This is Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL). This Web site offers many online resources (including MLA and APA guides) to assist users with their writing projects.
Selection of Different Style Manuals - This Web site created by Concordia University offers links to the American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guide, Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style Guide, Turabian Style Guide, Chicago Manual of Style, and other sources.
Sources - created by Dartmouth College is a guide to creating citations with numerous examples in the four most-used citation styles.
APA Style
The OWL at Purdue - APA Formatting and Style Guide - Online guide that gives citiation information according to the 5th edition of the APA Manual.
Electronic Reference Formats - Electronic formats recommended by the American Psychological Association.
Psychology with Style - APA hypertext guide to writing research reports for students and instructors of experimental and research methods courses. Summarizes the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th edition).
APA Style Resources-(5th edition)- Psyc Web - Here are some links to sites which discuss APA style, 5th edition.
MLA Style
The OWL at Purdue - MLA Formatting and Style Guide - Online guide that gives citation information according to the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing 2nd ed. and the MLA Handbook for Writiers of Research Papers 6th ed.
MLA Style Guidelines - on Web MLA documentation style, authorized by the Modern Language Association of America. Frequently asked questions, which will give samples of Web documentation.
Other Styles
Chicago Style - Works Cited, or References. Includes examples of citing books, articles, encyclopedia entries, dissertations, reprints, government documents, papers presented at conferences, performances, videocassette recordings, interviews, and secondary sources in Chicago style.
Style for Social Science Term Papers - Turabian. McGill University created a guide based on the citation style for the 6th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).
Grammar and Writing Tips
11 Rules of Writing. This site is a concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing. It is intended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills.
Common Errors in English This site addresses deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers.
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