This is often made easier by knowing which style guides are common in your discipline (because these are often the best place to start looking).
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Compare what you do know about the style with resources such as style manuals in your library or the OWL's style resources to find a match or, you can ask a point of contact like an advisor or a journal editor what is expected for your specific context. Sometimes this information may be unclear sometimes journal submission guidelines lack clarity, for instance. Find out what style you need to be using. If you find yourself needing to learn a new style guide, there are a few key strategies you can employ.
Often writers (especially academic writers) need to adapt to new style conventions in specific situations (a journal's house style, a university's specific thesis & dissertation formatting requirements, etc.). Your discipline may have its own style guide not represented here if you're not sure, take a moment to look it up! Now that I know what a style guide is - what's next? The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Used in computing and information technology fields Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Style (IEEE)Īssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) Used by journalists and other news & media writersĬhicago (sometimes written Chicago/Turabian, or CMoS) Some general style guide examples include: Associated Press Style (AP)
There are a great deal of style guides, both in academia and in industry the OWL has resources on some of the more common ones, but not every style.
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In other words, style guides are used as a way of making common elements consistent across documents written by many writers, in many places, and in many circumstances as a result, readers from any university (or other audience groups) can read a paper written in APA style and know immediately how to navigate the headings of the paper, which details will be listed in the abstract, how quotes will be introduced and marked, where to look for important citation information, and what each citation element represents. APA style brands papers with specific guidelines in the same way Apple's style guide brands their websites, advertisements, products, documentation, and even stores: you know an APA paper when you see one, just like you know an Apple device when you see one. In the corporate sphere, "style guide" is often synonymous with "branding guide," and in a way academic style guides can be thought of similarly. Generally style manuals include everything a writer needs to know in order to make their work look and read just like every other work written in that style - the look of the page, the way other authors are referenced in the body of the work, and even the tone of the writing. They include a wide range of rules and guidelines for works in their respective fields, from grammar and language use to the font and size of headings in a work. Style guides, however, are not just for citation. Common and popular style guides include MLA and APA, both of which the OWL maintains extensive resources on, but there are many more that the OWL does not cover in depth or at all. Most people know style guides as rules for citation formatting. What is a style guide? Why & how do we use them? Students and instructors will find this resource particularly useful for understanding what a style guide is, why and how style guides are used, and suggestions for exploring style guides across the disciplines. This resource provides a summative overview of style guides.
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