A style guide, or style manual, is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field. The implementation of a style guide provides uniformity in style and formatting within a document and across multiple documents. A set of standards for a specific organization is often known as "house style". Style guides are common for general and specialized use, for the general reading and writing audience, and for students and scholars of various

academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...

disciplines, medicine, journalism, the law, government, business, and industry.

International

Several basic style guides for technical and scientific communication have been defined by international

standards organization A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization (SDO), or standards setting organization (SSO) is an organization whose primary function is developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpr ...

s. These are often used as elements of and refined in more specialized style guides that are specific to a subject, region, or organization. Some examples are: * EN 15038, Annex DEuropean Standard for Translation Services (withdrawn) * ISO 8Presentation of

periodical A periodical literature (also called a periodical publication or simply a periodical) is a published work that appears in a new edition on a regular schedule. The most familiar example is a newspaper, but a magazine or a journal are also example ...

s * ISO 18Contents lists of periodicals *

ISO 31 ISO 31 ( Quantities and units, International Organization for Standardization, 1992) is a superseded international standard concerning physical quantities, units of measurement, their interrrelationships and their presentation. It was revised and ...

Quantities Quantity or amount is a property that can exist as a multitude or magnitude, which illustrate discontinuity and continuity. Quantities can be compared in terms of "more", "less", or "equal", or by assigning a numerical value multiple of a unit ...

unit Unit may refer to: Arts and entertainment * UNIT, a fictional military organization in the science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' * Unit of action, a discrete piece of action (or beat) in a theatrical presentation Music * ''Unit'' (a ...

s * ISO 214Abstracts for publication & documentation * ISO 215Presentation of contributions to periodicals and other serials *

ISO 690 ISO 690 is an ISO standard governing bibliographic references in different kinds of documents, including electronic documents. This international standard specifies the bibliographic elements that need to be included in references to published ...

Bibliographic referencesContent, form & structure * ISO 832Bibliographic referencesAbbreviations of typical words *

ISO 999 ISO 999 (Information and documentation—Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes) is an International Organization for Standardization, ISO Standardization, standard which provides the information industry with guideli ...

Index of a publication * ISO 1086Title leaves of a book *

ISO 2145 International standard ISO 2145 defines a typographic convention for the "numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents". It applies to any kind of document, including manuscripts, books, journal articles, and standards. Descriptio ...

Numbering of divisions & subdivisions in written documents * ISO 5966Presentation of scientific &

technical report A technical report (also scientific report) is a document that describes the process, progress, or results of technical or scientific research or the state of a technical or scientific research problem. It might also include recommendations and c ...

s (withdrawn) * ISO 6357 Spine titles on books & other publications *

ISO 7144 ISO is the most common abbreviation for the International Organization for Standardization. ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance * Iso (supermarket), a chain of Danish supermarkets incorporated into the SuperBest chain in 2007 * Iso ...

Presentation of

theses A thesis ( : theses), or dissertation (abbreviated diss.), is a document submitted in support of candidature for an academic degree or professional qualification presenting the author's research and findings.International Standard ISO 7144: ...

& similar documents *

ISO 9241 ISO 9241 is a multi-part standard from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) covering ergonomics of human-computer interaction. It is managed by the ISO Technical Committee 159. It was originally titled ''Ergonomic requiremen ...

Ergonomics Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as human factors) is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Four primary goals of human factors learnin ...

of Human System Interaction *

ISO 17100 ISO 17100:2015 Translation Services-Requirements for Translation Services was published on May 1, 2015. It was prepared by the International Organization for Standardization's Technical Committee ISO/TC 37, Terminology and other language and cont ...

Translation Services-Requirements for Translation Services

Australia

General

''Australian Government Style Manual''
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Digital Transformation Agency
7th ed. *'' Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers'' by Snooks & Co for the

Department of Finance and Administration The Department of Finance and Administration (also called DOFA) was an Australian government department tasked to contribute to sustainable Government finances; improved and more efficient Government operations; and efficiently functioning Parli ...

. 6th ed. . * ''The Australian Handbook for Writers and Editors'' by Margaret McKenzie. 4th ed. . * ''The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage'' by Pam Peters of Macquarie University. 2nd ed. . * ''The Complete Guide to English Usage for Australian Students'' by Margaret Ramsay. 6th ed. .

Law

* Australian Guide to Legal Citation published by

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

Law School. 4th ed. .

Science

* ''Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS)'' by Biotext; illustrated by Biotext. 1st ed.

Canada

* ''The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing'': by Dundurn Press in co-operation with Public Works and the Government Services Canada

Translation Bureau The Translation Bureau is an institution of the federal government of Canada operated by Public Services and Procurement Canada that provides translation services for all agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the government. As of Decemb ...

. .

Newspapers

* ''CP Stylebook'': Guide to newspaper style in Canada maintained by the Canadian Press. . * ''The Globe and Mail Style Book'': Originally created to help writers and editors at the ''

Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it f ...

'' present clear, accurate and concise stories.

European Union

* ''Interinstitutional Style Guide''. * ''English Style Guide'' ("A handbook for authors and translators in the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

" – executive branch of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...

United Kingdom

General

* ''Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers'' Judith Butcher. 3rd ed. 1992 Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press in the world. It is also the King's Printer. Cambridge University Pre ...

* '' Fowler's Modern English Usage''. Ed. R. W. Burchfield. Rev. 3rd ed. London:

Clarendon Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ...

, 2004. (hardcover). Based on ''Modern English Usage'', by

Henry Watson Fowler Henry Watson Fowler (10 March 1858 – 26 December 1933) was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both ''A Dictionary of Modern English Usage'' and his work on the ''Con ...

. * ''

The King's English ''The King's English'' is a book on English usage and grammar. It was written by the brothers Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George Fowler and published in 1906; it thus predates by twenty years '' Modern English Usage'', which was written by ...

'', by Henry Watson Fowler and

Francis George Fowler Francis George Fowler (1871–1918), familiarly known as F. G. Fowler and sometimes Frank Fowler, was an English writer on English language, grammar and usage. Born in Tunbridge Wells, F. G. Fowler was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He lived ...

. * ''The Oxford Style Manual'' (2003 ed.). Combines ''

The Oxford Guide to Style ''Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford''—today published under the short title ''New Hart's Rules''—is an authoritative reference book and style guide published in England by Oxford University Press (OU ...

'' and ''The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors'', which concentrates on common problems. * ''

The Complete Plain Words ''The Complete Plain Words'', titled simply ''Plain Words'' in its 2014 revision, is a style guide written by Sir Ernest Gowers, published in 1954. It has never been out of print. It comprises expanded and revised versions of two pamphlets th ...

'', by

Sir Ernest Gowers Sir Ernest Arthur Gowers (2 June 1880 – 16 April 1966) is best remembered for his book ''Plain Words,'' first published in 1948, and his revision of Fowler's classic '' Modern English Usage''. Before making his name as an author, he had a long ...

. * ''Usage and Abusage'', by

Eric Partridge Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 – 1 June 1979) was a New Zealand– British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps an ...

For legal documents

* ''

Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities The ''Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities'' (''OSCOLA'') is a style guide that provides the modern method of legal citation in the United Kingdom; the style itself is also referred to as OSCOLA. First developed by Peter B ...

'' (''OSCOLA''), by the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

Faculty of Law

For journalism

* ''The BBC News Style Guide'': by the

British Broadcasting Corporation #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board ex ...

. * ''The Economist Style Guide'': by ''

The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British weekly newspaper printed in demitab format and published digitally. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture. Based in London, the newspaper is owned by The Eco ...

''. * ''The Guardian Style Guide'': by ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' * ''The Times Style and Usage Guide'', by ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...

''.

For the computer industry (software and hardware)

* ''Acorn Technical Publications Style Guide'', by

Acorn Computers Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978. The company produced a number of computers which were especially popular in the UK, including the Acorn Electron and the Acorn Archimedes. Acorn's ...

. Provides editorial guidelines for text in

RISC OS RISC OS is a computer operating system originally designed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England. First released in 1987, it was designed to run on the ARM chipset, which Acorn had designed concurrently for use in its new line of Archi ...

instructional publications, technical documentation, and reference information. * ''RISC OS Style Guide'' by RISC OS Open Limited. Provides design guidelines, help and dialogue box phrasing examples for the software user interface.

United States

In the United States, both corporate and journalistic forms of mass communication rely on styles provided in the ''

Associated Press Stylebook The ''AP Stylebook'', also known by its full name ''The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law'', is an American English grammar style and usage guide created by American journalists working for or connected with the Associated Pr ...

'' (AP). A classic grammar style guide, which is designed to complement the AP Stylebook, is ''

The Elements of Style ''The Elements of Style'' is an American English writing style guide in numerous editions. The original was written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918, and published by Harcourt in 1920, comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary ...

''. Together, these two books are referenced more than any other general style book for U.S. third-person writing used across most professions.

For general writing

* ''The Careful Writer'', by

Theodore Bernstein Theodore Menline Bernstein (November 17, 1904 – June 27, 1979) was an assistant managing editor of ''The New York Times'' and from 1925 to 1950 a professor at the Columbia University School of Journalism. Biography Bernstein obtained his B.A. fro ...

. * ''Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right'', by

Bill Bryson William McGuire Bryson (; born 8 December 1951) is an American–British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science. Born in the United States, he has b ...

. *''

Garner's Modern American Usage ''Garner's Modern English Usage'' (''GMEU''), written by Bryan A. Garner and published by Oxford University Press, is a usage dictionary and style guide (or ' prescriptive dictionary') for contemporary Modern English. It was first published in 1 ...

'' by Bryan A. Garner. * ''

The Associated Press Stylebook The ''AP Stylebook'', also known by its full name ''The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law'', is an American English grammar style guide, style and usage guide created by American journalists working for or connected with the A ...

'' Basic Books . * ''

''. By William Strunk, Jr. and

E. B. White Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer. He was the author of several highly popular books for children, including ''Stuart Little'' (1945), ''Charlotte's Web'' (1952), and '' The Trumpet of the Swan'' ...

. (Often referred to as "Strunk and White".)

For legal documents

* '' The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation''. Jointly, by the '' Harvard Law Review'', '' Yale Law Journal'', ''

Columbia Law Review The ''Columbia Law Review'' is a law review edited and published by students at Columbia Law School. The journal publishes scholarly articles, essays, and student notes. It was established in 1901 by Joseph E. Corrigan and John M. Woolsey, who se ...

'', and '' Penn Law Review''. * '' The Indigo Book: An Open and Compatible Implementation of A Uniform System of Citation''. Collaboratively by Professor Christopher Jon Sprigman and NYU law students, and published by

Public.Resource.Org Public.Resource.Org (PRO) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation dedicated to publishing and sharing public domain materials in the United States and internationally. It was founded by Carl Malamud and is based in Sebastopol, California. Public.Re ...

. * ''

ALWD Guide to Legal Citation ''ALWD Guide to Legal Citation'', formerly ''ALWD Citation Manual'', is a style guide providing a legal citation Legal citation is the practice of crediting and referring to authoritative documents and sources. The most common sources of aut ...

'', formerly ''ALWD Citation Manual,'' by the Association of Legal Writing Directors * '' New York Style Manual'': The Tanbook, by the New York State Reporter

For academic papers

* ''

The Chicago Manual of Style ''The Chicago Manual of Style'' (abbreviated in writing as ''CMOS'' or ''CMS'', or sometimes as ''Chicago'') is a style guide for American English published since 1906 by the University of Chicago Press. Its 17 editions have prescribed writi ...

'', Chicago: University of Chicago Press. * ''

A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations'' is a style guide for writing and formatting research papers, theses, and dissertations and is published by the University of Chicago Press. The work is often referred to ...

, Chicago Style for Students and Researchers'', by Kate L. Turabian. Often referred to as "

Turabian ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations'' is a style guide for writing and formatting research papers, theses, and dissertations and is published by the University of Chicago Press. The work is often referred to as ...

." * ''

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers ''MLA Handbook'' (9th ed., 2021), formerly ''MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers'' (1977–2009), establishes a system for documenting sources in scholarly writing. It is published by the Modern Language Association, which is based in the ...

'', by Joseph Gibaldi. Often referred to as "MLA". * '' Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association'', by the

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

(APA).

For journalism

* ''

'' Basic Books . * ''

The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage ''The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide Used by the Writers and Editors of the World's Most Authoritative Newspaper'' is a style guide first published in 1950 by editors at the newspaper and revised in 1974, 1999 ...

''. By Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly. * ''The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage'', by Ronald J. Alsop and the Staff of the ''

Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...

''. * ''The BuzzFeed Style Guide'': by Emmy Favilla and Megan Paolone.

For electronic publishing

* ''The Columbia Guide to Online Style'', by Janice Walker and Todd Taylor. * ''Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites'', by Patrick J. Lynch and

Sarah Horton Sarah Horton is a fictional character from '' Days of Our Lives'', an American soap opera on the NBC network. Created by Pat Falken Smith, and introduced by Betty Corday and Al Rabin, Sarah is the daughter of Neil Curtis ( Joseph Gallison) and M ...

. * ''

'', By the Associated Press, Basic Books .

For business

* ''

'' Basic Books . * '' The Business Style Handbook, An A-to-Z Guide for Effective Writing on the Job'', by Helen Cunningham and Brenda Greene. * ''

The Gregg Reference Manual ''The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting'' is a guide to English grammar and style, written by William A. Sabin and published by McGraw-Hill McGraw Hill is an American educational publishing company ...

'', by William A. Sabin.

For the computer industry (software and hardware)

* ''Apple Style Guide'', published online by

Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...

Provides editorial guidelines for text in Apple instructional publications, technical documentation, reference information, training programs, and the software user interface.
An earlier version was the ''Apple Publications Style Guide.'' *''DigitalOcean documentation style guide,'' published online by

DigitalOcean DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. () is an American multinational technology company and cloud service provider. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York, USA, with 15 globally distributed data centers worldwide. DigitalOcean provide ...

. *''GNOME documentation style guide,'' published online by GNOME. * ''Google Developer Documentation Style Guide,'' published online by

Google Google LLC () is an American Multinational corporation, multinational technology company focusing on Search Engine, search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, software, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, ar ...

. Provides a set of editorial guidelines for anyone writing developer documentation for Google-related projects. *''Mailchimp content style guide,'' published online by

Mailchimp Mailchimp is a marketing automation platform and email marketing service. "Mailchimp" is the trade name of its operator, Rocket Science Group, an American company founded in 2001 by Ben Chestnut and Mark Armstrong, with Dan Kurzius joining at a ...

. *''Microsoft Writing Style Guide'', published online by

Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...

. Provides a style standard for technical documentation including use of terminology, conventions, procedure, design treatments, and punctuation and grammar usage. Before 2018, Microsoft published a book, the '' Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications''. *''MongoDB documentation style guide,'' published by

MongoDB MongoDB is a source-available cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas. MongoDB is developed by MongoDB Inc. and licensed under the Ser ...

. *''Mozilla Writing Style Guide,'' published online by

Mozilla Mozilla (stylized as moz://a) is a free software community founded in 1998 by members of Netscape. The Mozilla community uses, develops, spreads and supports Mozilla products, thereby promoting exclusively free software and open standards, w ...

. *''Rackspace style guide for technical content,'' published online by

Rackspace Rackspace Technology, Inc. is an American cloud computing company based in Windcrest, Texas, an inner suburb of San Antonio, Texas. The company also has offices in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Austin, Texas, as well as in Australia, Canada, United ...

. *''Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry'', by Sun Technical Publications, 3rd ed., 2010. *''Red Hat style guide for technical documentation,'' published online by Red Hat. *''Salesforce style guide for documentation and user interface text,'' published online by

Salesforce Salesforce, Inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management (CRM) software and applications focused on sales, customer service, marketing automation, a ...

. *''SUSE documentation style guide,'' published online by SUSE. *''The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors'', 2011, and ''Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors'', 2014, from

IBM Press IBM Press is IBM's official retail book publisher for professionals and academia. A collaboration between IBM and Pearson Education, books are distributed in print and on Safari Books Online. Published topics range from general information tech ...

. *''The Splunk Style Guide'', published online by

Splunk Splunk Inc. is an American software company based in San Francisco, California, that produces software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data via a Web-style interface. Its software helps capture, index and correlate ...

. Provides a writing style reference for anyone writing or editing technical documentation. * ''The Yahoo! Style Guide'', 2010.

Editorial style guides on preparing a manuscript for publication

* ''

'' Basic Books . * ''

'', by

University of Chicago Press The University of Chicago Press is the largest and one of the oldest university presses in the United States. It is operated by the University of Chicago and publishes a wide variety of academic titles, including ''The Chicago Manual of Style'', ...

staff. * ''Words into Type'', by Marjorie E. Skillin, Roberta

Academic

* ''

''. The standard of the academic publishing industry including many journal publications. * ''

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations ''A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations'' is a style guide for writing and formatting research papers, theses, and dissertations and is published by the University of Chicago Press. The work is often referred to a ...

'' (frequently called "

style")—Published by Kate L. Turabian, the graduate school dissertation secretary at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

from 1930 to 1958. The school required her approval for every master's thesis and doctoral dissertation. Her stylistic rules closely follow ''

'', although there are some differences. * '' ACS Style Guide''—for

scientific paper : ''For a broader class of literature, see Academic publishing.'' Scientific literature comprises scholarly publications that report original empirical and theoretical work in the natural and social sciences. Within an academic field, scienti ...

s published in journals of the

American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...

. * '' American Medical Association Manual of Style''—for medical papers published in journals of the

American Medical Association The American Medical Association (AMA) is a professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students. Founded in 1847, it is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Membership was approximately 240,000 in 2016. The AMA's sta ...

. * '' American Psychological Association Style Guide''—for the behavioral and social sciences; published by the

. * '' American Sociological Association Style Guide''—for the social sciences; published by the American Sociological Association. * '' Geoscience Reporting Guidelines''—for

geoscience Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four sphere ...

reports in industry, academia and other disciplines. * ''Handbook of Technical Writing'', by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu.-for general technical writing. * '' IEEE style''—used in many technical research papers, especially those relating to

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to practical disciplines (includi ...

. * '' The Little Style Guide'' by Leonard G. Goss and Carolyn Stanford Goss—provides a distinctively religious examination of style and language for writers and editors in religion, philosophy of religion, and theology—. * ''

MHRA Style Guide The ''MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors, Editors, and Writers of Theses''—formerly the ''MHRA Style Book''—is an academic style guide published by the Modern Humanities Research Association. It is most widely used in the arts and huma ...

''—for the

arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

and

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the t ...

; published by the

Modern Humanities Research Association The Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) is a United Kingdom–based international organisation that aims to encourage and promote advanced study and research of humanities. It is most notable for producing the ''MHRA Style Guide''. His ...

. Available as a free download (see article). * ''

MLA Style Manual ''MLA Handbook'' (9th ed., 2021), formerly ''MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers'' (1977–2009), establishes a system for documenting sources in scholarly writing. It is published by the Modern Language Association, which is based in th ...

'', and the ''

'' —for subjects in

the arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...

and the

; published by the Modern Language Association of America (MLA). * '' SBL Handbook of Style''— Society of Biblical Literature style manual specifically for the field of ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and early Christian studies. The ''SBL Handbook of Style'' includes a recommended standard format for abbreviation of Primary Sources in Ancient Near Eastern, biblical, and early Christian Studies. * '' Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers''—for scientific papers published by the

Council of Science Editors The Council of Science Editors (CSE), formerly the Council of Biology Editors (CBE; 1965–2000) and originally the Conference of Biology Editors (CBE; 1957–1965), is a United States-based nonprofit organization that supports editorial practic ...

(CSE), a group formerly known as the Council of Biology Editors (CBE). * ''The Style Manual for Political Science''—used by many

American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

journals; published by the American Political Science Association.

Communities

* '' GLAAD Media Reference Guide'', 8th ed., ''GLAAD College Media Reference Guide'', 1st ed., ''GLAAD Chinese Media Reference Guide'', 1st ed. - published by GLAAD to encourage media outlets to use language and practices inclusive of LGBT people. Available as a free download.

Art

* ''Association of Art Editors Style Guide''

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International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME)
''Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals'' (Updated Feb. 2006). ;

Scientific journals In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Content Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...

''Advances in Physics'' - Style Guide
for Physics journal published by

Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in England that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, Routledge, F1000 (publisher), F1000 Research or Dovepress. It is a division of Informa ...

(Taylor & Francis journals).
Writing for a ''Nature'' journal
for ''

Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are ...

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The Lancet: Formatting Guidelines for Authors
Formatting Guidelines for Electronic Submission of Revised Manuscripts''. ;

WWW The World Wide Web (WWW), commonly known as the Web, is an information system enabling documents and other web resources to be accessed over the Internet. Documents and downloadable media are made available to the network through web se ...

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OSNews Style Guide:
Rules and Guidelines for Publishing and Participating on OSNews'', by T. Holwerda.

OSNews OSNews is a computing online newspaper. It originally focused on operating systems and their related technologies that launched in 1997, but is now aggregating consumer electronics news. The content is managed by a group of editors and the owner ...

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Web Style Guide
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