Journal-Specific Styles

Those intending to submit their work to a specific journal should be aware of the publication's stylistic requirements. Often each issue includes information for authors. Several of the guides in these Style Manuals and Citation Guides pages, particularly Carolyn J. Mullins's The Complete Manuscript Preparation Style Guide and John Bruce Howell's Style Manuals of the English-Speaking World, will help in locating issues that contain more detailed style requirements.

House Manuals

Most publishing houses produce style manuals as guides for their authors and editors. Several firms' manuals are listed below, as they have attracted some outside use:

• Ritter, R. M. New Hart's Rules. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
  Perkins Reference  PN147 .N42 2005

• Longyear, Marie. McGraw-Hill Style Manual: A Concise Guide for Writers and Editors. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1983.
  Perkins Stacks PN147 .M47 1983.  Also in Ford and Lilly Reference.

Covers the mechanics of writing and manuscript preparation.

• Webster's Standard American Style Manual. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, c1985.
  Library Service Center 808.02 W385 1985

Covers punctuation, documentation, typography, etc.

Bibliographies of Style Manuals

The following resource will be useful in locating manuals that specific disciplines or publications use. Other sources, such as chapters 6-8 of Mullins's The Complete Manuscript Preparation Style Guide, provide similar information.

• Howell, John Bruce. Style Manuals of the English-Speaking World. Phoenix, AZ.: Oryx, 1983.
  Perkins Stacks PN147. H694 1983

This annotated bibliography arranges general and specialized manuals according to discipline. Covers in two broad sections general style manuals and subject-specific ones ranging from Agriculture to Zoology.

The online catalog may be useful in locating additional style manuals. Some appropriate subject headings are:

• Authorship--Style manuals
• Bibliographical citations
• Electronic publishing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Manuscript preparation
• Report writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
• Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.