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Online Style Guides

The Writer's Workshop
Writing skills, grammar, teaching notes, bibliographic style, tips, and plenty more.
go   http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/

ONLINE! Citation Styles
This site covers APA, MLA, Chicago, and CBE styles as applied to the Web, email, online forums, FTP, newsgroups, and more. Available at:
go   http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Very good grammar guide, plus other resources.
go   http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/grammar.htm

Purdue On-line Writing Lab
Purdue's famous OWL, useful for general writing concerns
go   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

Online Resources for Writers
Grammar, dictionaries, citation formats, and general resources from University of Maine.
go   http://www.ume.maine.edu/~wcenter/

The Elements of Style
William Strunk, Jr.'s original 1918 classic. The 'bare bones' approach to common problems.
go   http://www.bartleby.com/141/


Writing Software Stylewriter is a software program which offers help with writing skills such as summarising, editing, and proof-reading your work. It also offers a selection of writing styles to choose from - academic writing, journalism, formal prose, and so on. Mistakes and suggestions for improvement are highlighted and made with a single click.


On-Line Study Resources
Style, grammar, essay-writing, citations and footnotes, plagiarism and presentation from the University of New South Wales.
go   http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/olib.html

WIRED Style
Wired Magazine's online version of their print publication Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age. A guide to writing and editing which looks at the problems thrown up by the new language of the digital age.
go   http://hotwired.lycos.com/hardwired/wiredstyle/

CompSite
Large collection of resources for students and teachers - hosted by Allyn and Bacon, who specialise in educational resource materials.
go   http://www.abacon.com/compsite

alt.usage.english - Style FAQ
Mark Israel's Frequently Asked Questions covers common English usage questions, word etymology, online and offline references, and more.
go   http://www.english-usage.com/faq.html

Columbia University Press
The Columbia Guide to Online Style is a resource for MLA-Style Citations of electronic sources. Their pages are at:
go   http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

WebGrammar
Judy Vorfeld's excellent site covers some of the most common writing mistakes, including spelling, grammar and homonym errors.
go   http://www.webgrammar.com/grammar.html

IEEE Computer Society Style Guide
Handy if you wish to submit papers going to their journals, or do any work using their style.
go   http://www.computer.org/author/style/index.htm

[With thanks and acknowledgements to Brian Alt, Eric Hoffman, Carol Schiedenhelm, and Jane Dorner.]


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