Writing Guides
Style Guides
For print publications
- The
Johns Hopkins University Style Guide
Formatting guidelines from the JHU Office of Communications - APA Style
Sheet
Summary of rules from the APA Publication Manual - MLA-Style
Citation Format for Electronic Resources
How to cite Web sites, e-mail, ftp archives, and more; endorsed by the Alliance for Computers and Writing - Bartleby.com
Full text of the classic writing guides, such as Elements of Style and The King's English, and other resources. For HTML documents - Web
Style Manual
Design principles from the Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media.
Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
(JHU Only)
The Oxford English Dictionary is a historical dictionary of English, covering the language from the earliest times to the present day. - Dictionaries
A list of 100+ dictionaries and other language resources. You can search the Webster Dictionary--Hypertext Edition, an acronym dictionary, and the English-to-French (or Spanish) and French (or Spanish)-to-English dictionaries.
Thesauri and Quotations
- Thesauri and
Quotations
List includes Bartlett's Familiar Quotations and Roget's Thesaurus, among others.
Resources for Writers
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Online
Access limited to Johns Hopkins users. - MEDLINE
Journals With Links to Publisher Web Sites
This is a list of the journals in MEDLINE for which publishers have provided links to their journal Web sites. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine. - List
of Serials Indexed for Online Users
Abbreviations of journal titles, full titles matched to abbreviations, and full bibliographic information for any journal indexed by the National Library of Medicine. - Resources
for Writers and Writing Instructors
This extensive list including a wide range of resources (Rutgers University).
Online Writing Labs and Handbooks
- On-Line Writing Lab
Extensive handouts and exercises (Purdue University)
Bibliographic Software
Most vendors allow you to download a free demo and provide technical support for their product, and most offer Macintosh, Windows, and DOS versions:
Welch offers a 4-hour class on using Reference Manager.
Last Updated: October 17, 2006 Debbie McClellan
