OC Library: Style Manuals on the Internet

Web Sites: STYLE MANUALS

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A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association: This online guide is based on a document prepared in 1995 by Patricia S. Burgess, Ph.D., a volunteer staff member for America Online, and subsequently modified and updated for use on the World Wide Web by members of the Humanities Department and library staff at Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Bibliography Style Handbook: The Bibliography Styles Handbook from the University of Illinois Writer's Workshop summarizes and illustrates the bibliographical formatting rules for three different citation styles: the American Psychological Association (APA) style, the new Modern Languages Association (MLA) style, and the old MLA style.
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association: Information on citing eletronic sources provided by the American Psychological Association.
MLA (Modern Language Association): The official Web site of the MLA offers information about MLA style, MLA publications, jobs, the MLA annual convention, and more.
MLA Guidelines for Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web: Provides guidelines and examples on how to document various types of sources from the Web.
Purdue University's Online Writing Laboratory: Includes materials on topics such as commas, resumes, formats (such as MLA or APA) for citing sources, non-sexist language, and other information. Also provides useful links to sources of information for your research papers and other writing. Includes a long list of materials on writing skills.
Sources: Web site created by Dartmouth College that provides a rationale for why, and offers principles for determining when and how, you should cite sources. Also presents a code of scholarly ethics, derived from Dartmouth's Academic Honor Principle, concerning plagiarism.
Turabian Style Guide: A brief online guide to the style as it is described in Turabian.
Turabian Citation Guide: Provided by Ohio State University Libraries.
Writer's Block: The Writer’s Block website (created at Oklahoma Christian University) features online handbooks for various disciplines.

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