Online Reference Resources
English Usage and Citation Guide

• Academy of Management -- style guide for Business students (in .pdf)
• Academic Writing
• AMA Citation Style  -- .pdf
• APA FAQ -- clear and straightforward.
• APA Mini-Manual Citation Guide. in .pdf frmat. Excellent.
• APA Reference Style  -- a good site
• APA Style 6th Edition -- What's different to the this edition from the last one? Find out here. Look on the right side for a tutorial.
• APA Style: Corrections to the New 6th edition -- yes, folks, the book was printed with errors! Look here for the corrections.
• ASR Style -- Sociology
• Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
• Chicago Style Citations -- some examples.
• Chicago Style Guide for History, Social Sciences or Humanities
• Citing Maps  -- how to cite a map in a paper or project.
• Common Errors in English--including about 300 common errors, things people tell you are errors that aren't, commonly misspelled words, and more.
• Corporate Style Guide -- good for business reports and manuals.
• DOI Lookup -- just enter your article title or full info to find its Digital Object Identifier number (like an ISBN for books)
• Elements of Style-- Learn good usage from the old master, William Strunk.
• Editing Tips for Writers -- proofreading and more...
• Garbl's Writing Resources On Line--a nice guide to all the style guides, grammar guides, online grammar gurus, and more.
• Grammar and Style Notes--courtesy of Prof. Jack Lynch
• Guide for Writing Research Papers based on MLA Documentation--guidelines on not only footnotes and bibliographies, but also avoiding plagiarism, gathering information, using outlines, working with quotations
• Guide to Grammar and Writing -- find out whether you should put that comma there!
• Guidelines for Getting the Most out of Non-Fiction Reading
• Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Styles Recommended by the American Psychological Association (APA)--based on the 2001 5th edition, includes footnoting, presentation of bibliographies, how to handle quotations, charts, figures
• Guidelines for Non-Sexist Language--how to avoid accidentally giving offense with language that demeans women.
• Hacker's Research and Documentation Online -- the stuff you need to write a paper and bibliography. Lots of Samples. Click here for interactive exercises.
• Handbook of Rhetorical Devices---contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices.
• How to avoid Plagiarism in your Research Papers 
• Internet Sites HOW TO CITE THEM! -- gives examples for MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE and more...
• Karla's Guide to Citation Manuals--whatever style you need for citing web resources --MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian
• Literature Reviews: How do do one
• MLA FAQ-- Frequently asked questions like: how do I create the indentation for my works cited page? and more...
• MLA Mini-manual for Citations -- in .pdf format. Excellent.
• MLA  --  from the Hacker guide. Look to menu on left.
• MLA Style -- a very nice presentation with electronic examples easily found.
• Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant--particularly good at helping students with the thought process behind a writing assignment.
• the Phrase-Finder--type in a word, and it will find many that relate to that word.
• Roget's Thesuarus -- easy and searchable
• Scientific Style -- CSE in 2 page .pdf quick guide
• Statistics Every Writer Should Know-- do you really understand what is meant by mean? median? standard deviation? Margin of error? If not, be sure to check out this site.
• Style Sheet for Citing Web Documents-- applies MLA Style Sheet form to text files from the web. Turabian is addressed too.
• Technical Writing -- an online textbook.
• Turabian Citation Guide
• Using MLA to Cite and Document sources -- 5th ed.
• UVic Hypertext Writers' Guide-- well-organized guide to writing: paragraphing, word choice, evaluation of sources, and more; even includes definitions of literary and rhetorical terms.
• Writing Center Home Page--with information on how to write research papers, literature reviews, scientific reports and lab reports, as well as info on documentation, grammar and style, and writing letters.
• Writing in the Sciences -- what it is and how you can improve.
• The Writing Process - an excellent series of handouts from Harvard University on everything from developing your thesis to writing the best conclusion. This will really help you!
• Writers Write--a guide for writers about places on the net that might publish your work, as well as a place to post their own home pages.
• Writing Resources--from Purdue's Online Writing Lab, includes their own handouts on every element of the writing process.