General Style Manuals

• Chicago Manual of Style [serial]. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Latest: 2003.
  Perkins Reference Desk Z253 .C53.  Also held by Lilly, Bio-Environmental Sciences, Divinity, Law, Marine Lab, Medical Center, and Music.

The Chicago Manual supports two documentation styles: one for the arts and humanities and one for the social sciences. It stresses common sense and flexibility in written style and documentation.

• Turabian, Kate L.  A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
  Perkins Reference Desk LB2369 .T8 1996.  Also held by Lilly, Divinity, Ford, Law, Medical Center, and Music.

Based on the Chicago Manual of Style, Turabian's manual is used frequently in colleges and universities.

• Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers. 5th ed. Canberra, Australia: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1996.
  Perkins Stacks PN147 .S89 1996

Based on the Harvard Style, used widely in Australia and the United Kingdom. Examples of the Harvard (Author-Date) Style.

• Fleischer, Eugene B. A Style Manual for Citing Microform and Nonprint Media. Chicago: American Library Association, 1978.
  Lilly Reference 808.02 F596 S938 1978

This manual is designed to be a "companion to any one of the style manuals for the writing of research papers and theses." In addition to citations for video recordings, motion pictures, and slides, sample citations are given for materials--such as dioramas, games, globes, flash cards, and realia--that other manuals typically do not mention.

• Mullins, Carolyn J. The Complete Manuscript Preparation Style Guide. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1982.
  Perkins Stacks PN160 .M8 1982

Of particular note are chapters 6, 7, and 8, which discuss fourteen common styles. A helpful bibliography lists major and minor styles plus numerous other guides to good writing. Also includes a primer on copyright and permissions.

• Strunk, William and White, E. B. The Elements of Style. 4th edition. New York: Penguin, 2005.
  Perkins PE1408 .S772 2005.  Also held by Lilly, Ford, Medical Center and Music.
  1918 edition available through Project Bartleby.

The classic resource for style and grammar.

• Campbell, William Giles, et al. Form and Style: Theses, Reports, Term Papers. 7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
  Perkins Stacks LB2369 .C3 1986. 

This general guide to writing papers covers the basics of research, format, documentation, and mechanics.

Guides for Electronic Resources

The basic guides now cover citing electronic resources, including web pages. Use the tools listed here for more details about citing and style of electronic resources.

• Harnack, Andrew, and Eugene Kleppinger. Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003.
  2001 print edition in Perkins Reference TK5105.875 .I57 O54. Also in Lilly.

Use the "Citation Styles" section for information about how to cite electronic media such as web pages, listerv and chat room postings, and email messages. Covers MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, and other styles.

• Walker, Janice R., and Todd Taylor. Columbia Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
  Perkins Reference Desk PN171 .F56 W35 1998.  Also held in Lilly, Divinity, Ford, and Law.
  Some content available online.

Part one is a detailed section on citing electronic resources. Examples are given for humanities and scientific styles. Part two focuses on electronic style.

• Li, Xia, and Nancy B. Crane. Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information.  Medford, N.J.: Information Today, 1996.
  Perkins Reference Desk PN171. F56 L5 1996.  Also held in Lilly, Divinity, Ford, and Law.

             A detailed guide to citing electronic sources.     

• Radford, Marie L., Susan B. Barnes, and Linda R. Barr. Web Research: Selecting, Evaluating, and Citing. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2006.
  Perkins Reference ZA4228 .R33 2006

Chapter six covers "When and How to Cite Web Sources" for the humanities and scientific research.

• Hale, Constance, and Jessie Scanolon, eds. Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age. New York: Broadway Books, 1999.
  Perkins Reference QA76 .15 .W55 1999

A hip and irreverent style guide.