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guides available in Pius Library include Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association [Pius Ref Desk BF 76.7 P83 2001],
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers [Pius Ref Desk
LB2369 .G53 2003], Chicago Manual of Style [Pius Ref Desk
Z253 .U69 2003], Turabian's A manual for writers of research papers,
theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers [Pius
Ref Desk LB2369
.T8 2007].
To find others,
search the Saint Louis Universtiy
Libraries Catalog by subject, Authorship Style Manuals,
Printing Style Manuals, or Report Writing Handbooks, Manuals,
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American
Heritage Book of the English Usage
http://www.bartleby.com/64/
Subtitled A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English,
this work is provided by Bartleby.com. It is the electronic
version of Houghton Mifflin's 1996 guide to correct English usage.
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AskOxford.com:
Better Writing
http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/
Includes "Making a Successful Job Application", "Letter
Writing", "Classic Errors and Helpful Hints", "Email,
SMS, and Online Chat", "One Step Ahead", and "Plain
English".
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Citation Builder
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php
From North Carolina State University Libraries, this resource lets you "build" your own citations in MLA, APA, or CBE format by entering information for a book, scholarly article, book chapter or essay, Web site, or personal interview.
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Elements of Style
- Strunk
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
1918 edition of this work initially made available by Project
Bartleby at Columbia University. This has now become
part of the Bartleby Library.
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The King's English
- Fowler
http://www.bartleby.com/116/index.html
1908 edition of this work was initially provided by Project
Bartleby at Columbia University. This has now become
part of the Bartleby Library.
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Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Includes "General
Writing Concerns
[that has] information about planning, starting to write, pre-writing,
revising, and genres of
writing. . . Grammar,
Punctuation, and Spelling [that contains] help with grammar, spelling,
and
punctuation. . . Research
and Documenting Sources
[that has] resources for doing research, writing research papers, and
documenting sources,
including MLA and APA handouts, [and] Professional
Writing
[with] How-tos about resumes, cover letters, business letters memos,
reports." (text from site 5/12/04)
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APA
Style Sites
APAStyle.org
- Electronic References
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
This is the APA's current instructions and examples for citing electronic
resources based on the APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources (2007)
and the 5th edition
of the Publication
Manual (2001).
APAStyle.org
- Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html
APA FAQs with answers based on the 5th edition of the Publication
Manual.
APAStyle.org
- Changes in the Fifth Edition
http://www.apastyle.org/fifthchanges.html
Provides links to changes from the 4th edition to the 5th edition
of the Publication Manual, chapter by chapter. In some
cases, changes are summarized.
Citation
Sytles Handbook
(APA)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_
styles/apa/apa.htm
From the Writers' Workshop, Center for Writing Studies, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
OWL
Materials: APA Formatting and Style Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html
From the Purdue University Writing Lab, this site provides information,
explanations, and examples based upon the new 5th edition of the
Publication Manual of the APA.
Using
Principles of APA Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html
From ONLINE!
A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003 Update by Andrew Harnack
and Eugene Kleppinger [TK 5105.875.I57 H364 2000].
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Chicago
Style Sites
Chicago
Citation Style
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citchi.htm
Provided by the library at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island
University, this site gives some examples of basic types of sources
using the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Chicago
Manual of Style Online
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
From the University of Chicago, the publisher of the Chicago
Manual of Style, the freely available parts of this site contain Q&As about
various aspects of Chicago Style including citing electronic sources
and offering the opportunity to submit a question if not included;
a Manuscript Preparation section
with general tips for formatting; and a Chicago-Style
Citation Quick Guide section containing citation examples. This
site now requires a subscription to display contents of the 15th edition
of the Chicago Manual of Style.
Using
Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html
From Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003 Update
by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger [TK 5105.875.I57 H364 2000].
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MLA Style Sites
Citation
Styles Handbook :
MLA Format
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_
styles/mla/mla.htm
From the Universiity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writers' Workshop.
MLA
Style
http://www.mla.org/
Click on MLA STYLE, then Frequently
Asked Questions, to get guidelines
for documentation from the Modern Language Association.
Using
MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
From ONLINE!
A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003 Update by Andrew Harnack
and Eugene Kleppinger [TK 5105.875.I57 H364 2000].
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Turabian Style Sites
Turabian
Citation Guide
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/turabiangd.html
From the library at Ohio State University, this site gives examples
for footnote, bibliography, and in-text citation from the 6th edition
of Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and
Dissertations.
Turabian
Citation Style
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/cittur.htm
From the library on the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University,
this site provides basic examples for using Turabian.
Turabian
Style: Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th
edition)
http://www.bridgew.edu/Library/turabian.cfm
From the Clement C. Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State College.
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Sites
with Links to Additional Resources and Styles
BUBL
LINK - 010 Bibliography
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=18
Citation
and Style Guides
http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html
From Condordia University Libraries in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this
site includes Turabian and Chicago styles as well as MLA and APA.
Citing
Electronic Resources
http://www.cyberbee.com/citing.html
Citing
Print and Electronic Sources
http://library.weber.edu/ref/guides/howto/citing.cfm
Includes MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, and Council of Biology Editors
(CBE) sections.
Citing Sources
http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/
From Duke Libraries' Guide to Library Research, this site covers APA,
MLA, Chicago Style, and Turabian.
How
to Cite Electronic Sources
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/cite/index.html
From the Library of Congress, this page gives examples for citing Internet sources
such as films, legal documents, maps, photographs, recorded sound, special presentations,
and texts for MLA and Turabian styles.
Introduction to
Basic Legal Citation (LII 2007)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/
By Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School, this site provides guidence in using
the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 2005 edition, [Ref. KF
245 .B58] and the ALWD Citation Manual, 3nd edition, 2006. The print
edition, The Bluebook : A Uniform System of Citation is available in Pius
Library [Ref. KF 245 .B58].
Research
and Documentation Online
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Written by Diane Hacker, Prince George's Community College and Barbara
Fister, Gustavus Adolphus College, this site provides examples of citing
references for four styles: MLA for humanities, APA for social
sciences, Chicago for history, and CBE for the sciences. Each
section contains a sample paper witten in that style.
Resources
for Documenting Electronic Sources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docelectric.html
A resource from the On-Line Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University.
Sources
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
From Dartmouth College, this site includes information about citing
resources in MLA, APA, and Science formats as well as general information
about when to cite sources, why to cite sources, and how to avoid plagiarism.
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