Writing Style Manuals

Listed below are writing style manuals that are available at the
College of Staten Island Library.

• The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
  
  Style manual followed by some publishers in the United States.
  
  RESERVE DESK; REFERENCE DESK, AND REFERENCE ROOM
  CALL NUMBER: Z253 .U69 2003
  

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

  Style manual used for writing reports and term papers in the Humanities.
  

  RESERVE DESK, REFERENCE ROOM, AND STACKS (3rd FLOOR)

  CALL NUMBER: LB2369.G53 2003
  

  Hacker, Diana. A Pocket Style Manual. 4th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004.
  

  Quick reference handbook for MLA, APA and Chicago styles.
  

  RESERVE DESK, REFERENCE DESK, AND REFERENCE ROOM

  CALL NUMBER: PE1408 .H26 2004
  

  Joseph, Nancy L. Research Writing Using Traditional and Electronic Sources. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1999.
  

  Provides examples of both MLA and APA styles for both print and electronic sources.
  

  REFERENCE ROOM

  CALL NUMBER: LB2369 .J64 1999
  

  Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001.
  

  Style manual used for writing reports and term papers in Psychology.
  

  RESERVE DESK, REFERENCE DESK, REFERENCE ROOM, AND STACKS (3rd FLOOR)

  CALL NUMBER: BF76.7 .P83 2001
  

  Rubens, Philip. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001.
  

  Style manual used to prepare technical and scientific reports and papers.
  

  REFERENCE ROOM

  CALL NUMBER: T11 .S378 2001
  

  Trimmer, Joseph F. A Guide to MLA Documentation: With an Appendix on APA Style. 6th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
  

  Briefly explains MLA style and provides examples.
  

  REFERENCE DESK

  CALL NUMBER: PN147 .T75 2004
  

  Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Revised by John Grossman and Alice Bennet. Chicago: University of Chicago press, 1996.
  

  Style manual used for report writing, theses and dissertations.
  

  RESERVE DESK, REFERENCE ROOM, AND STACKS (3rd FLOOR)

  CALL NUMBER: LB2369 .T8 1996
  

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Updated and Revised by L. Holland, September 2004