Style Guides 

Chicago Manual of Style - FAQ About writing style 
Basics of Chicago Style - Live! - The differences between Chicago and MLA writing styles; tips

Wikipedia - Discussion and lists of style guides 
Library Spot - Style guides, grammar guides, and more

American Psychological Association Style - Web Extension
Associated Press - Style guide
AP Style - Basic news writing style guide for beginning journalists
AP Style - By the Royal Winsor Society for Nursing Research 
Better Writing - AskOxford.com  

Modern Language Association - Style - MLA style guidelines for writers of research papers 
California State Univ, Chico - Writing Style Guide - CSUC's basic style guide
Capital CC - Guide to Grammar & Writing
- Hints on basic grammar rules 

The ComicBase Style Guide 
The Curmudgeon's Stylebook - Bill (Curmudgeon) Walsh's supplement to the AP style guide 
Elements of Style - (Bartleby.com) William Strunk Jr.'s guide to elegant writing
HyperGrammar - Structured and detailed course on literary stylistics; the U of Ottawa. 
Junket Studies - 11 Rules of Writing
- Tip list for punctuation, grammar, and clear writing 
List of Style Guides - Style guides used by different fields
List: Writing Style Manuals - Half dozen mentioned

Mindy McAdams - Copyediting for Magazines - Skills and vocabulary necessary for copyediting 
U.S. Government Printing Office 
Wired Style -
English Usage in the Digital Age Correct grammar, contemporary prose for tech writing

Guides by Subject

General: The Chicago Manual of Style2
General: The Elements of Style by Strunk and White2
General: Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words by Bill Bryson2
Books and general interest: The Chicago Manual of Style2
Books and general interest: The Classics of Style2 

Anthropology: American Anthropological Association's Style Guide1 
Biology and natural sciences: Council of Biology Editors Style Manual1
Chemistry: American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide1
Economics: Turabian (a simplified Chicago style)1
English: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers1
History: Chicago Manual of Style; Note: some historians use MLA style.1
Philosophy: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers1
Psychology: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association1
Religion: MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers1
Sociology: American Sociological Association Style Guide1  

 

Government: GPO Style Manual2

Medical: American Medical Association Manual of Style2
Medical: The Lancet: Formatting guidelines for electronic submission2

Newspapers : AP Stylebook2
Newspapers : The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage2
Newspapers : Wall Street Journal style guide2

Web Sites:

Web Sites: The Columbia Guide to Online Style2
Web Sites: OSNews Style Guide2

Academic

Science: ACS Style Guide (American Chemical Society)2
Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (Council of Science Editors)2
Science: Nature - Formatting Guide2  

Social Sciences: APA style (social sciences, by the American Psychological Association)2 
Social Sciences: American Sociological Association Style Guide (American Sociological Association)2

Geoscience: Geoscience Reporting Guidelines2

Arts and Humanities: MHRA Style Guide (Modern Humanities Research Association)2 
Arts and Humanities: MLA Handbook (Modern Language Association of America)2 
Political Science Journals (American): The Style Manual for Political Science (Amer. Political Science Assoc.)2
 

Publishing Conventions: Words into Type (less scholarly, more accessible than the Chicago Manual)
Physics: Advances in Physics - Style Guide (Adobe pdf)
For a summary and comparison of academic style guides, see Style Manuals and Writing Guides by the CSULA University Library.

Computer Industry: Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry -Sun
Computer Industry: Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications

Graphic Design: An (unfinished) example of a newspaper's style guide is that of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington - MG Redesign prepared this guide when it consulted on a 2006 redesign of the newspaper.

References

1. Tutt Library
2. Wikipedia, see link for more discussion

List of International
ISO Standards

From Wikipedia

 

 

MLA & APA Documentation (University of Delaware Writing Center)

Virtual Reference Desk: Citation Styles (University of Delaware Library) 

ASCE Authors' Guidelines to Publishing (American Society of Civil Engineers)

A Guide for Writing Research Papers based on Modern Language Association Documentation (Capital Community College)

IEEE Standards Style Manual (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

King's English (2nd edition) (H.W. Fowler)

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)

Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students (Virginia Tech (Host), University of Illinois, University of Texas, Georgia Tech)

 

 

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