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RESOURCE BOOKS

The list of Style Guides and other helpful books is long, but here are a few writing and editing resource books that will be useful to everyone.

EDITING RESOURCES

The Chicago Manual of Style

The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

The Copyeditors' Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications

The Oxford Style Manual

The Associated Press Stylebook 2009

The CP (Canadian Press) Stylebook

Canadian Press Caps and Spelling

Editing Canadian English - Editors' Association of Canada

The Elements of Style - William Strunk & E.B. White

WRITING RESOURCES

Oxford English Dictionary - by subscription

AskOxford.com - Word of the Day, Better Writing Tips, Word Search, etc.

Dictionary.com - Online dictionary, thesaurus, reference, translation, and search tool

Online Guide to Grammar and Style - Jack Lynch

The Art of the Book Proposal - Eric Maisel

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