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Siegal, Allan M. and William G. Connolly. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper. (New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002)

Coghill, Anne M. and Lorrin R. Garson. The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. (Washington, DC: ACS Books, 2006)

Dodd, Janet S. The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors. (Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 1997)

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003)

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 2nd ed. (New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1998)

Goldstein, Norm, ed. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Books, 2007)

JAMA & Archives Journals. American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (AMA), 10th ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2007)

Lynch, Patrick and Sarah Horton. Web Style Guide, 2nd edition. (Online edition: www.webstyleguide.com, 2005)

Lynch, Patrick and Sarah Horton. Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, Second Edition. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2002)

Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster's Manual for Writers and Editors. (Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1998)

Sabin, William A. The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting, 10th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004)

Schwartz, Marilyn. Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995)

Skillin, Marjorie E. and Robert Malcolm Gay. Words into Type. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Educational, 1974)

Strunk, Jr., William, E. B. White, Charles Osgood, and Roger Angell. The Elements of Style. (New York: Longman, 1999)

Sutcliffe, Andrea, ed. New York Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and Usage. (New York: HarperCollins, 1994)

Trimmer, Joseph F. A Guide to MLA Documentation: With an Appendix on APA Style. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998)

University of Chicago Press Staff. The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers, 15th ed. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003)

University of Chicago Press Staff. The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers, 15th ed. (CD-ROM) (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2006)

Walker, Janice R. and Todd Taylor. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006).

Williams, Joseph M. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., Pearson Educational, 1999)

Williams, Joseph M. Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace, 9th ed. (New York: Longman, 2006)

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