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General Books on Writing Style &/or Mechanics

Need some guidance on the mechanics or style of writing?

These books provide some great advice:

10 Steps in Writing the Research Paper - Peter T. Markman
Call Number: PE 1478 .M3 2011 c.1-2

The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White
Call Number: PE 1408 .S772 2000

The Hodges Harbrace Handbook, 17th ed.
Call Number: RefDesk PE 1112 .H6 2010
Request this item at the RefDesk.

In the World: Reading and Writing as a Christian - John H. Timmerman & Donald R. Hettinga
Call Number: PE 1417 .T58 2004

Rhetorical Grammar: Grammatical Choices, Rhetorical Effects - Martha Kolln, Loretta Gray
Call Number: PE 1408 .K696 2010

The Rowman & Littlefield Guide to Writing with Sources - James P. Davis
Call Number: PE 1478 .D37 2012

Style: Lessons in Clarity and Grace - Joseph M. Williams
Call Number: PE 1421 .W545 2010

Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice - George Hillocks, Jr.
Call Number: PE 1404 .H56 1995

They Say / I Say : The Moves that Matter in Academic Writing - Gerald Graff
Call Number: PE 1431 .G73 2010

Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing - John R. Trimble
Call Number: PE 1408 .T69 2011

 

Discipline-Specific Guides on Writing Style &/or Mechanics

Need some writing guidance in a new discipline?

Information about style and mechanics may be available in your discipline's style manual.

Visit our Citing Sources page to find out how to access these style guides.

 

Here are a few other titles that may be helpful:

The Associated Press Stylebook, 44th ed.
Call Number: StyleMnl PE 4783 .A83 2009

Pocket Guide to Technical Communication - William Sanborn Pfeiffer
Call Number: PE 1475 .P465 2007

Business Writing in the Digital Age - Natalie Canavor
Call Number: HF 5781.3 .C365 2012

A Pocket Guide to Writing in History - Mary Lynn Rampolla
Call Number: StyleMnl D 13 .R295 2010
Request this item at the Check-Out Desk.

A Student's Guide to History - Jules R. Benjamin
Call Number: StyleMnl D 16.3 .B4 2010
Request this item at the Check-Out Desk.

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
Call Number: StyleMnl KF 245 .B55 2005
Request this item at the Check-Out Desk.

How to Write Mathematics - Norman E. Steenrod
Call Number: QA 41 .H6 1981

Scientific Writing = Thinking in Words - David Lindsay
Call Number: T 11 .L5286 2011

Taking Science to the People : a Communication Primer for Scientists and Engineers - Carolyn Johnsen
Call Number: Q 223 .T35 2010

Writing Ethnographic Fieldnotes - Robert M. Emerson
Call Number: GN 307.7 .E44 2011

 

Teaching Writing

Do you teach writing or a Writing-Intensive Course?

You may also find these titles interesting:

Getting It in Writing: Quests to Become Outstanding and Effective Writing Teachers - Deborah M. Stankevich
Call Number: LB 1576 .G4435 2011

Because Digital Writing Matters: Improving Student Writing in Online and Multimedia Environments - National Writing Project
Call Number: PE 1404 .B43 2010

Writing to Teach; Writing to Learn in Higher Education - Susan M. Leist
Call Number: PE 1404 .M657 2006

Rehearsing New Roles: How College Students Develop as Writers - William Sanborn Pfeiffer
Call Number: PE 1404 .C346 2002

 

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