BooksThe following is a partial list of style manuals that may be of use to technical writers. Call numbers appear in brackets for those style manuals found in Memorial Library at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
The list is divided into two sections:
American Institute of Physics, Publication Board. 1990. Style manual. 4th ed. New York: American Institute of Physics.
American Mathematical Society. 1990. Manual for authors of mathematical papers. 5th ed. Providence: American Mathematical Society. [REF QA42 .M36 1990]
American Medical Association Staff. 1997. Manual of style: A guide for authors and editors. 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
American Medical Association. 1996. The AMA style guide for business writing. New York: AMACOM. [2nd/3rd Floors HF5726 .A49 1996]
American Medical Association, Scientific Publications Division of the AMA. 1989. Stylebook/editorial manual. 8th ed. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins.
American National Standards, Inc. 1979. American national standard for the preparation of scientific papers for written or oral presentation. ANSI Z39.16. New York: American National Standards Institute.
American National Standards, Inc. 1977. American national standard for bibliographic references. ANSI Z39.29. New York: American National Standards Institute. [2ND Z1001 .A5 1977]
American Psychological Association Staff. 1994. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [REF BF76.7 .P82 1994]
American Society for Microbiology. 1991. ASM style manual for journals and books. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology.
American Sociological Association Staff. 1996. American Sociological Association style guide. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association.
Associated Press. 1996. Associated Press stylebook and libel manual. 6th ed. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Longman, Inc.
Atlas, Michel C. 1995. Author’s handbook of styles for life science journals. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
Broadcast journalism style guide. 1991. 14th ed. Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN: Defense Information School, Broadcasting Dept., Broadcast Subjects Division.
Campbell, William. 1990. Form and style: Theses, reports, term papers. 8th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
CBE Style Manual Committee. 1995. Scientific style & format: The CBE manual for authors, editors, & publishers. 6th ed., rev. Northbrook: Council of Biology Editors. [REF T11 .S386 1994]
Chicago Editorial Staff. 1993. Chicago manual of style: The essential guide for writers, editors, and publishers. 1993. 14th ed., rev. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [REF Z253 .U69 1993]
Clark, Suzanne M. 1992. Cartographic citations: A style guide. Chicago: Map and Geography Round Table, American Library Association. [REF GA108.7.C55]
Dodd, Janet. 1997. The ACS style guide: A manual for authors and editors. 2nd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.
Economist style guide: A concise guide for all your business communications. 1998. New York: John Wiley.
Engineers Joint Council, Committee on Engineering Society Editors. 1977. Recommended practice for style of references in engineering publications. New York: Engineers Joint Council.
Fondiller, Shirley. 1993. Health professionals style book: Putting your language to work. New York: National League for Nursing Press. [2nd/3rd R727 .F653 1993]
Gibaldi, Joseph. 1998. MLA style manual & guide to scholarly publishing. 2nd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America. [REF PN147 .G444 1998]
Holoman, D. 1988. Writing about music: A style sheet from the editors of 19th-Century Music. Berkeley: University of California Press. [2nd/3rd ML63 .W68 1988]
Keithley, Erwin M. 1980. A manual of style for the preparation of papers and reports: Business and management applications. 3rd ed. Cincinnati: South-Western Pub. Co.
Kersavage, Carol. 1995. Outdoor Writers Association of America outdoor style manual. Rev. ed. State College, PA: Outdoor Writers Association of America. [REF PN4784.O9 O87 1995]
Lynch, Patrick J. and Sarah Horton. 1999. Web style guide: Basic design principles for creating web sites. Yale University Press.
MacDonald, Ronald. H. 1994. A broadcast news manual of style. 2nd ed. New York: Longman. [REF PN4784.B75 M24 1994]
Marie M. Longyear. 1989. McGraw-Hill style manual. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Microsoft Staff. 1998. Microsoft manual of style. 2nd ed. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Press.
National Defense University. 1983. Style manual: A research and writing guide for preparation of research reports for the National Security Management programs. Washington, D.C.: National Defense University. [GOV D 5.408:ST 9]
New York Times Staff. 1997. The New York Times manual of style. New York: Random House, Inc.
Nielsen, A. 1983. United Nations editorial manual: A compendium of rules and directives on United Nations editorial style, publication policies, procedures and practice. New York: International Publications Service
ORNL style guide. 1974. Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Powell, G. Bingham Jr. 1994. Style manual for political science. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association.
Ross Pipes and Associates. 1989. Pocket proposal style manual. 1989. 2nd ed. Chapel Hill, NC: Tekne Press. [2nd/3rd HF 5718.5 .P63 1989]
Pollack, G. 1977. Handbook for ASM editors. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology.
Police report writing style manual. 1989. Rev. ed. St. Paul, MN: The Board.
Rubens, Philip. 1995. Science and technical writing: A manual of style. New York: H. Holt. [2nd/ 3rd T11. S378 1992]
Sports style guide & reference manual: The complete reference for sports editors, writers, & broadcasters. 1996. Chicago: Triumph Books.
Uniform system of citation. 1981. 13th ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review Association. [REF KF245 .U55x 1981]
United Nations correspondence manual: A compendium of rules relating to the drafting, typing and dispatch of official United Nations communications. 1984. New York: United Nations, Department of Conference Services. [3rd JX 1977.8.D6 U55 1984]
U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Eastern Technical Reports. 1989. A guide for preparing and typing Geologic Division book manuscripts. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey. [GOV I 19.15/3:T 98]
U.S. Geological Survey. 1978. Suggestions to authors of reports of the United States Geological Survey. 6th ed. Washington, DC.
U.S. Government Printing Office style manual. 1984. Rev. ed. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. [GP 1.23/4:ST 9/984]
Walker, Janice R. and Todd Taylor. 1998. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. Columbia University Press.
Warren, Thomas. 1999. Words into type. 4th ed. Paramus: Prentice Hall. Replaces Skillin, M., R. Gay, et al. 1974. Words into type. 3rd ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. [REF PN160 .S52 1974]
Webster's standard American style manual. 1995. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Young, M. 1987. Berbifications: A manual of style and procedures. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. [GOV C 13.6/2:B 66/2]
Zacharias, J. 1984. A style guide for CBO: About writing and word usage. Rev. ed. Washington, DC: Congress of the U.S., Congressional Budget Office.
Chicago Manual of Style FAQ. 1998. University of Chicago Press Online. <http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq.html> 03-29-99.
Harnack, Andrew and Eugene Kleppinger. 1998. Citation styles. Online! A reference guide to using internet resources. <http://www.smpcollege.com/online-4styles~help/citex.html> 03-29-99.
MLA style. 07-09-98. Modern Language Association" <http://www.mla.org/set_stl.htm> 03-29-98.
Sun on the net: Guide to web style. 02-96. Sun Microsystems. <http://www.sun.com/styleguide/> 03-29-99.
UIUC bibliography style handbook. 10-29-97. UIUC Writers Workshop. <http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/bibliostyles.htm> 03-29-99.
Wired style. 1999. Wired Magazine. <http://www.hotwired.com/hardwired/wiredstyle/toc/index.html> 03-29-99.
Lynch, Patrick J. and Sarah Horton. 12-04-98. Yale C/AIM web style guide. Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media. <http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html> 03-29-99.
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