1: Writing and Editing
The works listed here offer a starting point for writers, editors, and others involved in publishing who would like more information about topics covered in this manual. The list includes all the works cited in the text as further resources along with other useful references. Although some make recommendations that diverge from those of this manual, they reflect the specific demands of different disciplines and the evolving traditions of writing, editing, and publishing. As with all reference sources, readers should carefully evaluate their suitability for a given purpose.
1.1: Style
ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication. Edited by Gregory M. Banik, Grace Baysinger, Prashant Kamat, and Norbert Pienta. American Chemical Society, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsguide.
ALWD Guide to Legal Citation. 7th ed. Edited by the Association of Legal Writing Directors and Carolyn V. Williams. Aspen Publishing, 2021.
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 11th ed. Edited by Cheryl Iverson. Oxford University Press, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/jama/9780190246556.001.0001.
American Institute of Physics. Featured Resources for Researchers. Includes AIP Style Manual, 4th ed. (1990). AIP Publishing. https://publishing.aip.org/resources/researchers/.
Apple Style Guide. Apple. Continually updated. https://support.apple.com/guide/applestyleguide/.
The Associated Press Stylebook. Edited by Paula Froke, Anna Jo Bratton, Andale Gross, et al. Updated every two years in print and regularly online. Associated Press. https://www.apstylebook.com/.
Audiovisual Citation: Learning on Screen Guidelines for Referencing Moving Image and Sound. 2nd ed. Edited by Sergio Angelini and Hetty Malcolm-Smith. Learning on Screen, January 2018. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/resources/guides/audiovisual-citation/.
Australian Guide to Legal Citation. 4th ed. Melbourne University Law Review Association, in collaboration with Melbourne Journal of International Law. Melbourne, 2018. https://www.mulr.com.au/aglc/AGLC4-2021-v1.pdf.
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 21st ed. Harvard Law Review Association, 2020. https://www.legalbluebook.com/.
Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation. 9th ed. In English and French. McGill Law Journal. Carswell, 2019.
Catholic News Service. CNS Stylebook on Religion: Reference Guide and Usage Manual. 4th ed. Catholic News Service, 2012.
Commonwealth of Australia. Style Manual. https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/.
The CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 9th ed. Council of Science Editors in cooperation with the University of Chicago Press, 2024. https://www.csemanual.org/.
Editing Canadian English. 3rd ed. Editors’ Association of Canada. Editors Canada, 2015.
Fogarty, Mignon. Grammar Girl. Quick and Dirty Tips. https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl/.
Garner, Bryan A. The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style. 4th ed. West Academic Publishing, 2018.
Holoman, D. Kern. Writing About Music: A Style Sheet. 3rd ed. University of California Press, 2014.
International Organization for Standardization. Information and Documentation—Guidelines for Bibliographic References and Citations to Information Resources. 4th ed. ISO 690:2021. https://www.iso.org/standard/72642.html.
Lipson, Charles. Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles—MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More. 3rd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2018.
The Maroonbook: The University of Chicago Law Review Legal Citation and Style Guide. Vol. 89. Edited by Candice Yandam Riviere, Ryne M. Cannon, Kelly Gregg, Jasper Primack, Henry Walter, and Tyler M. Wood. University of Chicago, [2021]. https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/maroonbook.
Microsoft Writing Style Guide. Microsoft. Continually updated. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/.
MLA Handbook. 9th ed. Modern Language Association of America, 2021.
New Oxford Style Manual. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2016. Combines New Hart’s Rules and New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors.
The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage. 5th ed. By Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly. Revised and updated by Philip B. Corbett, Jill Taylor, Patrick LaForge, and Susan Wessling. Three Rivers Press, 2015.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 7th ed. APA, 2020.
Religion Stylebook. Religion Newswriters Association. Continually updated. https://religionstylebook.com/.
Sambuchino, Chuck. Formatting and Submitting Your Manuscript. Writer’s Digest Books, 2009.
Sampsel, Laurie J. Music Research: A Handbook. 3rd ed. Oxford University Press, 2019.
The SBL Handbook of Style: For Biblical Studies and Related Disciplines. 2nd ed. Edited by Billie Jean Collins. SBL Press, 2014.
Scientific Style and Format. See The CSE Manual.
Strunk, William, Jr., and E. B. White. The Elements of Style. 4th ed. Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
Style Manual for Political Science. Rev. ed. American Political Science Association, 2018. https://connect.apsanet.org/stylemanual/.
The Times Style Guide: A Practical Guide to English Usage. 3rd ed. Edited by Ian Brunskill. London: Times Books, 2022.
Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 9th ed. Revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, and the University of Chicago Press editorial staff. University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Turabian, Kate L. Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers. 5th ed. Revised by Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, and the University of Chicago Press editorial staff. University of Chicago Press, 2019.
US Geological Survey. Suggestions to Authors of the Reports of the United States Geological Survey. 7th ed. Revised and edited by Wallace R. Hansen. USGS Unnumbered Series, 1991. https://doi.org/10.3133/7000088.
US Government Publishing Office. GPO Style Manual: An Official Guide to the Form and Style of Federal Government Publishing. 31st ed. Washington, DC, 2016. https://www.govinfo.gov/gpo-style-manual.
Words into Type. 3rd ed. Based on studies by Marjorie E. Skillin, Robert M. Gay, and other authorities. Prentice Hall, 1974.
Younging, Gregory. Opaskwayak Cree Nation. Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples. Brush, 2018.
1.2: Grammar and Usage
Aarts, Bas. Oxford Modern English Grammar. Oxford University Press, 2011.
Bernstein, Theodore M. Miss Thistlebottom’s Hobgoblins: The Careful Writer’s Guide to the Taboos, Bugbears, and Outmoded Rules of English Usage. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971.
Casagrande, June. The Joy of Syntax: A Simple Guide to All the Grammar You Know You Should Know. Ten Speed Press, 2018.
Crystal, David. Making Sense of Grammar. Pearson Education, 2004.
Curme, George O. A Grammar of the English Language. 2 vols. D. C. Heath, 1935.
Dreyer, Benjamin. Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style. Random House, 2019.
Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage. 4th ed. Edited by Jeremy Butterfield. Oxford University Press, 2015.
Garner, Bryan A. The Chicago Guide to Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation. University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Garner, Bryan A. Garner’s Modern English Usage. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, 2022.
Garner, Bryan A., and David Foster Wallace. Quack This Way: David Foster Wallace & Bryan A. Garner Talk Language and Writing. RosePen Books, 2013.
Gowers, Ernest. Plain Words: A Guide to the Use of English. Revised and updated by Rebecca Gowers. Penguin Books, 2015.
Hale, Constance. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose. Rev. ed. Three Rivers Press, 2013.
Huddleston, Rodney, and Geoffrey K. Pullum. The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language. Cambridge University Press, 2002. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316423530.
Jovin, Ellen. Rebel with a Clause: Tales and Tips from a Roving Grammarian. Mariner Books, 2022.
O’Conner, Patricia T. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English. 4th ed. Riverhead Books, 2019.
The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar. 2nd ed. Edited by Bas Aarts, Sylvia Chalker, and Edmund Weiner. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Stamper, Kory. Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries. Pantheon Books, 2017.
Trask, R. L. Language: The Basics. 2nd ed. Routledge, 1999.
Wallraff, Barbara. Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished, and Poetic Justice Is Done. Harcourt, 2000.
Wallraff, Barbara. Your Own Words. Counterpoint, 2004.
Walsh, Bill. Lapsing into a Comma: A Curmudgeon’s Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print—and How to Avoid Them. Contemporary Books, 2000.
Williams, Joseph M., and Joseph Bizup. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace. 12th ed. Pearson, 2016.
1.3: Research and Writing
Abbott, Andrew. Digital Paper: A Manual for Research and Writing with Library and Internet Materials. University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Becker, Howard S. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article. 3rd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Belcher, Wendy Laura. Writing Your Journal Article in 12 Weeks: A Guide to Academic Publishing Success. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Bell, Susan. The Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself. W. W. Norton, 2007.
Booth, Wayne C., Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, and William T. FitzGerald. The Craft of Research. 5th ed. University of Chicago Press, 2024.
Gastel, Barbara, and Robert A. Day. How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. 9th ed. Greenwood, 2022.
Gerard, Philip. The Art of Creative Research: A Field Guide for Writers. University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Germano, William. From Dissertation to Book. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Germano, William. On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts. University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Ghodsee, Kristen. From Notes to Narrative: Writing Ethnographies That Everyone Can Read. University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Graff, Gerald, Cathy Birkenstein, and Russel Durst. “They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. With Laura J. Panning Davis. 5th ed. W. W. Norton, 2021.
Greene, Anne E. Writing Science in Plain English. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Harnby, Louise. Editing Fiction at Sentence Level: A Guide for Beginning and Developing Writers. Published by the author, 2020.
Hart, Jack. Storycraft: The Complete Guide to Writing Narrative Nonfiction. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Hart, Jack. Wordcraft: The Complete Guide to Clear, Powerful Writing. University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Jensen, Joli. Write No Matter What: Advice for Academics. University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Kidder, Tracy, and Richard Todd. Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction. Random House, 2013.
Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Anchor Books, 1995.
Lanham, Richard A. Revising Prose. 5th ed. Pearson Longman, 2007.
Lerner, Betsy. The Forest for the Trees: An Editor’s Advice to Writers. Rev. ed. Riverhead Books, 2010.
Lipson, Charles. How to Write a BA Thesis: A Practical Guide from Your First Ideas to Your Finished Paper. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Luey, Beth, ed. Revising Your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors. Updated ed. University of California Press, 2007.
MacLeod, Lorisia. James Smith Cree Nation. “More than Personal Communication: Templates for Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers.” KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies 5, no. 1 (2021). https://doi.org/10.18357/kula.135.
McCloskey, Deirdre Nansen. Economical Writing: Thirty-Five Rules for Clear and Persuasive Prose. 3rd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2019.
McMillan, Victoria E. Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences. Library consultant, Margaret Smith. 7th ed. Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2021.
Miller, Jane E. The Chicago Guide to Writing About Multivariate Analysis. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Miller, Jane E. The Chicago Guide to Writing About Numbers. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Montgomery, Scott L. The Chicago Guide to Communicating Science. 2nd ed. University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Pinker, Steven. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. Viking, 2014.
Pyne, Stephen J. Voice and Vision: A Guide to Writing History and Other Serious Nonfiction. Harvard University Press, 2009.
Stein, Arlene, and Jessie Daniels. Going Public: A Guide for Social Scientists. University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Sword, Helen. Stylish Academic Writing. Harvard University Press, 2012.
Sword, Helen. The Writer’s Diet: A Guide to Fit Prose. University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Trimble, John R. Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing. 3rd ed. Pearson, 2010.
Zeiger, Mimi. Essentials of Writing Biomedical Research Papers. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Zinsser, William. On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. 30th anniversary ed. HarperCollins, 2006.
1.4: Inclusive Language
American Psychological Association. “Disability.” APA Style. https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/bias-free-language/disability.
American Psychological Association. Inclusive Language Guide. 2nd ed. APA, 2023.
Baron, Dennis. What’s Your Pronoun? Beyond He and She. Liveright, 2020.
“Bias-Free Language Guidelines.” Chapter 5 in Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed. APA, 2020.
GLAAD Media Reference Guide. 11th ed. Continually updated. https://www.glaad.org/reference.
Gussine Wilkins, Ebonye. Respectful Querying with NUANCE. EFA Booklet. Editorial Freelancers Association Publications, 2020.
Kanigel, Rachele, ed. The Diversity Style Guide. Wiley-Blackwell, 2019. https://www.diversitystyleguide.com/.
Kapitan, Alex. “On ‘Person-First Language’: It’s Time to Actually Put the Person First.” Radical Copyeditor, July 3, 2017. https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/07/03/person-centered-language/.
Linguistic Society of America. “Guidelines for Inclusive Language.” LSA, 2016. https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/guidelines-inclusive-language.
National Center on Disability and Journalism. Disability Language Style Guide. Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University. https://ncdj.org/style-guide/.
Omar, Renée. Editing for Sensitivity, Diversity, and Inclusion: A Guide for Professional Editors. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2023.
“Principles of Inclusive Language.” Chapter 3 in MLA Handbook, 9th ed. Modern Language Association of America, 2021.
Smith, Christen A., founder. Cite Black Women. https://www.citeblackwomencollective.org/.
Style Guide. Trans Journalists Association. https://transjournalists.org/style-guide/.
Wamsley, Laurel. “A Guide to Gender Identity Terms.” NPR News, June 2, 2021. https://www.wbur.org/npr/996319297/gender-identity-pronouns-expression-guide-lgbtq.
Yin, Karen, ed. Conscious Style Guide. https://consciousstyleguide.com/.
Yin, Karen. The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers. Little, Brown Spark, 2024.