Resource Lists

Books

American Heritage® Book of English Usage: A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, Houghton Mifflin Company

American Usage and Style: The Consensus, Roy Copperud, Van Nostrand Reinhold

Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, Norm Goldstein, ed., Perseus Publishing,

Associated Press Stylebook and Libel Manual, Addison Wesley Publishing

The Careful Writer, Theodore M. Bernstein, Free Press

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition, University of Chicago Press

The Elements of Style, 4th Edition, William Strunk Jr., and E.B. White., Pearson Higher Education

Grammatically Correct: The Writer's Essential Guide to Punctuation, Spelling, Style, Usage and Grammar, Anne Stilman, Writer's Digest Books

The Gregg Reference Manual, 9th edition, William A. Sabin, McGraw-Hill/Irwin

The Handbook of Good English, Edward D Johnson, Washington Square Press

Hodges’ Harbrace Handbooks, John C. Hodges, et.al., International Thomson Publishing

Lapsing Into a Comma : A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print–and How to Avoid Them, Bill Walsh, McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books

Line by Line, How to Edit Your Own Writing, Claire Kehrwald Cook, Houghton Mifflin Company

The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers, Chris M. Anson, Robert A. Schwegler, Pearson Longman Publishing

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, Mirriam-Webster, Inc.

On Writing Well, William Zinsser, Harper Resource

The Rhinehart Handbook for Writers, Bonnie Carter, Craig Skates, International Thomson Publishing

When Words Collide, A Media Writer's Guide to Grammar and Style, Lauren Kessler, Duncan McDonald, University of Oregon

The Word an Associated Press Guide to Good News Writing, Rene J. Cappon, The Associated Press

Word Watcher’s Guide to Good Grammar and Word Usage: Authoritative Answers to Today’s Grammar and Usage Questions, Morton S. Freeman, Edwin Newman, Medford Press

Words Into Type, Marjorie E. Skillin, Robert Malcom Gay, Pearson PTP

A Writer's Reference, Diana Hacker, Bedford Books

Web Sites

Bartleby.com

Columbia Journalism Review Language Corner

Copy Editor

CSREES Editorial Style Guide (PDF document)

Easily Confused Words

The Editorial Eye

Grammar Resources from U.C. Berkeley

Grammar Slammer

Guide to Grammar and Writing hosted by Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut

Library Spot

Merriam-Webster Online

Merriam-Webster Unabridged Online (subscription only)

On Target’s Grammar Traps

Refdesk.Com

Richard Lederer's Verbivore

The Slot for Copy Editors

University of Minnesota style manual sections on punctuation and language

U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual

Visual Thesaurus

Writing for Business and Pleasure

Your Dictionary.com