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APA Style
Bibliography Style Handbook (APA) The UIUC Writer's Workshop web page summarizes and illustrates the bibliographical formatting rules for the American Psychological Association (APA). It includes information about the recent changes found in the 5th edition of the APA Style Manual.
How to Cite Information from the World Wide Web How to cite documents retrieved from the World Wide Web in APA style. The official APA web site featuring the 5th edition of the APA Style Manual.
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition) From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab, this web page provides guidelines from the recently updated APA manual.
Citing Electronic Documentation: APA, Chicago, MLA Styles Provide examples of how to cite World Wide Web sources, electronic journals, personal communication (e-mail, etc.), and cd-roms using APA, Chicago and MLA styles. (Note: 4th edition APA Style Manual).
Psychology with Style APA hypertext guide to writing research reports for students and instructors of experimental and research methods courses. Summarizes the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4th edition).
MLA Style
Bibliographies: MLA Format The UIUC Writer's Workshop web page summarizes the Modern Languages Association (MLA) style.
Citing Electronic Documentation: APA, Chicago, MLA Styles Provide examples of how to cite World Wide Web sources, electronic journals, personal communication (e-mail, etc.), and cd-roms using APA, Chicago and MLA styles.
Other Styles
AMA Citation Style - The B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library Guidelines on AMA documentation style for the 9th edition of the American Medical Association Manual of Style.
Chicago Style: Works Cited, or References Includes examples of citing books, articles, encyclopedia entries, dissertations, reprints, government documents, papers presented at conferences, performances, videocassette recordings, interviews, and secondary sources in Chicago style.
Documentation Guide - Turabian Basic introduction to citation style for the 6th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).
Karla's Guide to Citation Styles Provides a variety of links about citing databases and other electronic sources.
Sociology Style (ASR) Is used for Sociology research articles and is based on the format for the American Sociological Review.
Writing Tips
11 Rules of Writing This site is a concise guide to some of the most commonly violated rules of writing. It is intended for all writers as an aid in the learning and refining of writing skills.
Common Errors in English This site addresses deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers.
Elements of Style Online version of William Strunk Jr.'s 1918 edition of Elements of Style. Includes elementary rules of usage, principles of composition, elements of form, and commonly misused expressions.
Online English Grammar Alphabetical list of grammar problems, practice tests, and a grammar clinic to post individual problems.
Writing Techniques Handbook From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this writing handbook gives a variety of advice, from how to use commas correctly, to how to write a literature paper.