User:Daniel Mietchen/Sandbox/Manuals of style

Style guides/manuals of style

 * British English:
 * Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press, Oxford/Oxford Style Manual/New Hart's Rules (HR/OSM/NHR)
 * Hart's Rules (1893 - 1989)
 * Oxford Style Manual (2003)
 * New Hart's Rules (2005 - )


 * A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Fowler's) (1926 - )


 * American English:
 * Manual of Style: Being a compilation of the typographical rules in force at the University of Chicago Press, to which are appended specimens of type in use/Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors and Publishers (CMoS)
 * Manual of Style (1906 - 1969)
 * Chicago Manual of Style (1982 - )
 * Chicago Manual of Style Online (Subscription needed).
 * Chicago Manual of Style Crib Sheet Summary sheets on CMoS.

Other style guide links

 * OHC: Office for Humanities Style Sheet A handy, brief style sheet for authors and editors.
 * University of Wales Press guidelines Word document, based on Hart's Rules.
 * Examples of APA Citations
 * Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Style Guide

Reference dictionaries

 * British English:
 * A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles/Oxford English Dictionary (NED/OED)
 * New English Dictionary (1888 - 1928)
 * Oxford English Dictionary (1933 - )
 * Oxford English Dictionary Online (Subscription needed).
 * Ask Oxford dictionary search engine


 * American English:
 * The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (1847 - )
 * Merriam-Webster Online

Other dictionary links

 * Online Etymology Dictionary
 * Dictionary of Old English

Other encyclopædias

 * Britannica Online
 * 1911 Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica

ISBN/ISSN
The 10 digit International Standard Book Number (ISBN) was approved as an ISO standard in 1970. The 8 digit ISSN system for serials and periodicals, was adopted as an ISO standard in 1975. On 1 January 2007, the book industry began using 13 digit ISBNs as standard to identify all books. The 978 prefix is added in front of the current ISBN-10, with the addition of a new check digit at the end of the code.
 * ISBN database
 * OCLC ISSN search
 * ISBN converter
 * UPC search