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Chapter 9. Resources

Bibliography
Books, websites, and people for you to consult on your quest to create the perfect document.

Bibliography

Dictionaries of American English

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin . Boston . 2009. An online edition is accessible free of charge through http://www.thefreedictionary.com/.

Merriam–Webster Online. http://www.merriam-webster.com/. There is no charge for access to a basic, abridged version. Access to the unabridged version is available at $US 30 per year.

The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition. Oxford University Press . 2001.

The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English. Oxford University Press . 2002.

The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style. Oxford University Press . 2000.

Dictionaries of IT terms

http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/index.html.

http://webopedia.internet.com/.

A Dictionary of Computing, Sixth Edition. Market House Books . 2008.

A Dictionary of the Internet. Darrell Ince. 2009.

General style guides

AP Stylebook. The Associated Press . New York . 2009. Online version available at http://http://www.apstylebook.com — subscription $US 25 per year.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. American Psychological Association . Washington DC . 2009.

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition. The University of Chicago Press . Chicago . 2003. Online version available at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html — subscription $US 30 per year.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Seventh Edition. The Modern Language Association of America . New York . 2009. Available from http://www.mlahandbook.org for $US 22, which includes access to the online version of the guide for the lifetime of the Seventh edition.

Working With Words: A Concise Handbook for Media Writers and Editors, Third Edition.. St. Martin's Press . New York . 1997.

IT style guides

Apple Publications Style Guide. Apple . Cupertino . 2008. PDF version available at no cost online from http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/?UserExperience/Conceptual/?APStyleGuide/APSG_2008.pdf.

IBM Style, Sixth Edition. IBM . 2004. At various times, a PDF version of this book has been available at no charge online; most recently at http://www-03.ibm.com/easy/page/1387/$File/IBM_Style.pdf — this link is not working as of October 2009.

Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, Third Edition. Microsoft . Redmond . 2004. Previously, an electronic version of this book was available at no charge online as a Compiled HTML Help (CHM) file from the Microsoft website; this is not presently available in October 2009.

Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry. Sun Microsystems . Mountain View . 1996.

Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age. Broadway Books . New York . 1999.