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Style Manuals
Style manuals provide the
basic information necessary for documentation and style in scholarly writing.
Following is a selected list of sources available in Wilson General Reference.
Other copies and editions of many of these are available in other University
of Minnesota libraries.
- §Chicago Manual of Style.
14th ed.
- The standard work
and most comprehensive of the style manuals. This revised and expanded edition
presents both the Chicago style and the Harvard or scientific style.
Location: :
Wilson Reference Z253 .U69 1993
- *Form and Style: Theses,
Reports, Term Papers. William Giles Campbell. 8th ed.
- Written for the undergraduate
in the humanities, this manual covers formats of both the MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers and Chicago Manual of Style. Explicit
instructions with examples to clarify problems.
Location: : Wilson
Reference quarto LB2369 .C3 1990
- §*MLA Handbook for
Writers of Research Papers. Modern Language Association of America. 45h
ed.
- A major style manual
often recommended for undergraduates in the humanities. Includes a detailed
index and many examples. The new edition covers non-print media, CD-ROMs, electronic
texts, and e-mail.
Location: : Wilson Reference LB2369 .G53 1999
- §*A Manual for Writers of
Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Kate L Turabian. 6th ed.
- Designed for research
papers and dissertations rather than publication. This new edition introduces
a chapter on parenthetical references and reference lists. Enhances the Chicago
Manual of Style format with many clarifying examples.
Location: :
Wilson Reference LB2369 .T8 1996
- §Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association. American Psychological Association. 4th
ed.
- One of the major
style manuals for North America. Not only for students of psychology but often
recommended for other social science disciplines.
Location: : Wilson
Reference BF76.7 .P82 1994
- Style Manual/University
of Minnesota.
- Recommended for official
University of Minnesota publications.
Location: : Wilson Reference
Z253 .S92x 1989
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Note: A selection of standard style manuals, including several on this
list, are available for purchase at the University Bookstores.
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* Recommended
for undergraduate students
§ Copies of these titles are also available on reserve in Wilson Reserve/Periodicals.
Request by listed call number.
Social Sciences
- ASA Style Guide.
American Sociological Association, 1996.
- Location: : Wilson
Reference HM73 .A54x 1996
- Essay Writing and
Style Guide for Politics and the Social Sciences. 1992
- Location: : Wilson
Reference JA74 .L68x 1992
- * A Short Guide to
Writing About Social Science. Lee J. Cuba, 1988.
- A practical guide which
includes information and samples of abstracts, annotations, literature reviews,
and book reviews.
Location: : Wilson Reserve H91 .C78 1988
- Style Manual for Political
Science. Jean P. Kelly. 1988
- A brief manual designed
for journal publications.
Location: : Wilson Reference JA74 .K44x 1988
See also Publication
Manual of the American Psychological Association .
Web Resources
- APA Publication Style Citation
- http://rigel.pepperdine.edu/resources/Guides/APAPub.html
http://webster.commnet.edu/apa/apa_index.htm
- CBE - Natural Sciences
Style
- http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/science.html
- Electronic Style:
The Final Frontier
- http://web.utk.edu/~hoemann/style.html
- The Internet Public
Library Citing Electronic Resources
- http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html
- Modern Language Association
Style Guide
- http://www.wpunj.edu/library/mla2.pdf
http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
Government Publications,
Maps, Nonprint and Electronic Formats
- Cartographic
Citations: A Style Guide.
Suzanne M. Clark.
- Location: : Wilson Reference GA108.7 .C55x 1992 (Copies also
available in John R. Borchert Map Library)
- Chicago Guide to Preparing Electronic Manuscripts: For Authors
and Publishers.
- Addressed to the authors and publishers of manuscripts prepared on
a computer and submitted on disk or tape.
Location: : Wilson Reference Z286 .E43 C48 1986
- The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources:
A Manual for Writers and Librarians. Diane L. Garner.
- Clarifies citation format for U.S., state, local, regional and international
documents. Last chapter covers citations to electronic resources, including
FTP files, etc..
Location: : Wilson Reference J9.5 .G374x 1993
- Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information.
Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. 2nd ed.
- Location: : Wilson Reference PN171 .F56 L5 1996
- Where Credit is Due: A Guide to Proper Citing of Sources, Print
and Nonprint. Nancy E. Shields, 2nd ed.A citation guide
for audio-visual materials including computer sources.
- Location: : Wilson Reference PN171 .F56 S35 1997
- For CD-ROMs, see MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
listed on the other side and Garner's Complete Guide to Citing
Government Documents listed above.
Other Recommended Sources:
- Bibliographic Style Manual. Danielle Thibault. National Library
of Canada.
Location: : Wilson Reference Z1001 .T4413x 1990
- Complete Manuscript Preparation Guide. Carolyn J. Mullins.
Location: : Wilson Reference quarto PN160 .M8 1982
- A Handbook for Scholars. Rev. ed. Mary-Claire Van Leunen.
- Location: : Wilson Reference PN146 .V36 1992
- A Short Guide to Writing About Art. Sylvan Barnet.
- Location: : Wilson Reference N7476 .B37 1989
- A Short Guide to Writing About History. Richard Marius.
- Location: : Wilson Reference D13 .M294 1999
- A Short Guide to Writing About Literature. Sylvan Barnet.
- Location: : Wilson Reference PE1479 .C7 B3 1985b
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