Charlie Livermore's Web Site - Style and Writing Guides

STYLE AND WRITING GUIDES

Special Feature RefWorks If you write papers or need to create and update bibliograhies for your classes you want to use RefWorks. (available only to STJ students, staff or faculty). Supporting information for RefWorks. Special Feature The Citation Machine - If you're not a St. John's student, staff or faculty the Citation Machine can be an excellent tool to help you with your citation requirements. NOTE!!! The page says - check their citations. Because of the limitations of the program - layout and other details may be missing. But it's a good place to start.

Section Index
APA Style Guide
MLA Style Guide
Political Science
Turabian Style Guide
U. of Chicago Style Guide
Guides to Citing Electronic Sources
Guides to Writing Better Papers

APA (American Psychological Association) Style Guide

University of Washington - an excellent one page summary for the preparation of the works cited list.
From the University of Toronto - Excellent source it presents a paragraph of text illustrating the documentation followed by the Reference list for the illustrated paragraph.
Summary Site - From Duke University - Examples of the most popular documentation styles side-by-side for comparison: APA; Chicago; MLA; Turabian.
Official APA Style for WWW sites - This is the official APA style for citing World Wide Web sites.
From BYU

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style Guide

University of Washington - *** an excellentone page summary for the preparation of the works cited list.
From the University of Toronto - *** Excellent source. It presents a paragraph of text illustrating the documentation followed by the works cited list for the illustrated paragraph.
Summary Site - From Duke University - Examples of the most popular documentation styles side-by-side for comparison: APA; Chicago; MLA; Turabian.
Additional Citation Examples
Top

Political Science Style Guide
- American Political Science Association - A copy of the "Style Manual for Political Science," is kept at the Reference Desk at: Ref JA 86.A52 1993.
- American Political Science Association Style Guide (abridged) - By Bruce Drury of Lamar University, Texas.
Turabian Style Guide
- From the University of Toronto - *** Excellent source. It presents a paragraph of text illustrating the documentation followed by the works cited list for the illustrated paragraph.
- Summary Site - From Duke University - Examples of the most popular documentation styles side-by-side for comparison: APA; Chicago; MLA; Turabian.
- From Ithaca College Library
University of Chicago Style Guide
- From St. Mary's University College - Calgary - a guide to the style.
- From Douglas College, British Columbia, Canada.
Top
Summary Guides for citing Electronic/Computer sources.
- Citing Computerized/Electronic Sources
- Citation Guides for Electronic Documents - A listing of guides and resources on the Internet, including formats for citing electronic information, prepared by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).

Top

Guides to Writing Better Papers

Getting citations written correctly is the bane of many writers. Try The Landmarks Citation Machine. It's a free online service to get you started with correct citations. Always double check the form against the citation manual - and - always read the small print on the page. Indentation, underlining, italicizing and other such requirements are not indicated.

Strunk's "Elements of Style" - a starting point for everyone interested in improving their writing style. You should own a copy.
Writing Resources - from Indiana University. (Includes an excellent section on writing the THESIS statement.
Advice on Academic Writing - From the University of Toronto. Many excellent suggestions.
Guide to writing a paper. - An excellent grouping of the information you need to write a paper - from its organization to the form, use of footnotes and punctuation. (From the University of Richmond, VA).
Online Writing Lab. - OWL from Purdue University.
Public Relations Writing. - From a professor at Columbia University.
Practicing Public Relations - "This site was called "PRClass," when I developed it while teaching public relations at Northern Kentucky University. Now that I'm retired from the university, I'm trying to re-focus it to be a more useful resource for working professionals and communication instructors as well as students."

Updated April 12 2010

Top