Editing Tools
- 21 Top Tips to Make the Most of Your Freelance Copy-editor or Proofreader (from the Society for Editors and Proofreaders)
- 21 Top Tips to Make the Most of Your Project Manager or Managing Editor (from the Society for Editors and Proofreaders)
- 140 Characters: A Style Guide for the Short Form [reference work to buy]
- @AMAManual: the AMA Manual of Style on Twitter
- @APA_Style: the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association on Twitter
- @ChicagoManual: the Chicago Manual of Style on Twitter
- @Copyediting: Copyediting newsletter on Twitter
- @GrammarGirl: grammar expert Grammar Girl (aka Mignon Fogarty), author of Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, on Twitter
- AAA Style Guide (from the American Anthropological Association) [PDF to download]
- Acronym Finder
- The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, 3rd edition (from the American Chemical Society) [reference work to buy]
- AMA Manual of Style, 10th edition [hardcover reference work to buy and online reference to subscribe to]
- AMA Manual of Style, 10th edition, index [PDF to download; it's easier to search the PDF onscreen than to search the index in the hardcover]
- AMA Style Insider [blog by the publishers of the AMA Manual of Style]
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition [reference work to buy]
- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition [online reference work]
- American National Biography Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- American Sociological Association Style Guide, 4th edition [reference work to buy]
- Annotating PDFs: A Piece of the Digital Workflow, part 1, part 2, and part 3 (from Allen Press) [3 videos, each approximately 14 minutes long]
- AnyCount [word-, character-, and line-counting software to buy; works with many different file formats]
- AP StyleGuard (for checking Microsoft Word documents for Associated Press style) [PC software to buy]
- AP vs. Chicago [blog]
- The APA Dictionary of Psychology [reference work to buy]
- APA Style [blog by the publishers of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association]
- Appendix A: Abbreviations for Commonly Used English Words in Journal Titles (from the National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- The Art of Editing for the Corporate Market [reference work to buy]
- Associated Press Stylebook [reference work to buy]
- Auditing Dictionary of Terms (from Accounting Institute Seminars)
- The Australian Editing Handbook, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- “Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing” (written by Miguel Roig, PhD, and made available by the Office of Research Integrity of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; document also available as a PDF)
- Basic Legal Citation, online 2011 edition [reference work to download in e-reader format or as a PDF]
- “Basic PDF Mark-Up for Copy Editors and Proofreaders,” from the blog Catch the Sun
- The BBC News Styleguide (from the BBC) [PDF to download]
- The BBI Combinatory Dictionary of English: Your Guide to Collocations and Grammar, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- “Benchmarks for Estimating Editing Speed” (from the Society for Technical Communication; also available as a PDF)
- Bibliography of articles for editors and writers
- Biological Journals and Abbreviations (searchable database)
- The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation [reference work to buy]
- Bookends (for managing bibliographies and reference lists) [Macintosh software to buy]
- British Library Integrated Catalogue search page
- Butcher’s Copy-editing, 4th edition [reference work to buy]
- California Digital Library Online Catalog
- Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- Canadian Patents Database (from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office; search for Canadian patents)
- The Canadian Press Stylebook: A Guide for Writing and Editing [reference work to buy]
- The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing, revised edition [reference work to buy]
- Canadian Trade-marks Database (from the Canadian Intellectual Property Office; search for Canadian trademarks)
- The Careful Writer [reference work to buy]
- Chambers Dictionary of Etymology [reference work to buy]
- Checklist For Revising Dissertations For Book Publication
- The Chemist’s English, 3rd revised edition [reference work to buy]
- Chicago Manual of Style [reference work to buy and online reference to subscribe to]
- The Christian Writer's Manual of Style, updated and expanded edition [reference work to buy]
- CIA World Factbook
- Cite Right: A Quick Guide to Citation Styles—MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- Citation Style for Research Papers: APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago, AMA
- Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 2nd edition [PDFs to download]
- Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing
- CNS Stylebook on Religion, 3rd edition (from Catholic News Service) [reference work to buy]
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication (from the International Communication Association, via the Center for Social Media)
- “Common Problems in Medical Editing” [audio CD to buy]
- The Concise Guide to Copy Editing: Preparing Written Work for Readers [reference work to buy]
-
“Conflict of Interest in Peer-Reviewed Medical Journals”
(from the World Association of Medical Editors) - The Copy Editing and Headline Handbook [reference work to buy]
- Copyediting [subscription-only newsletter]
- Copyediting: A Practical Guide [reference work to buy]
- Copyediting & Proofreading For Dummies [reference work to buy]
- The Copyeditor’s Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing and Corporate Communications, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- “Copyright Basics” (from the Copyright Clearance Center)
- Copyright resources (from the Copyright Clearance Center)
- “Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States” (from the Cornell Copyright Information Center)
- “Create a Checklist of Your PDF Mark-up in 2 Clicks,” from the blog Catch the Sun
- “Deciphering a Redlined Manuscript,” which explains to authors how to deal with Microsoft Word’s track changes function in reviewing the edits made to their manuscript by copyeditors (from the blog Lingua Franca)
- Definitions of editorial services (from the Bay Area Editors’ Forum)
- Definitions of editorial skills (from the Editors’ Association of Canada)
- The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed [reference work to buy]
- Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers [reference work to buy]
- A Dictionary of Slang (has links to resources on U.S., Australian, British, Irish, South African, and specialty slang)
- Dictionary.com
- Digital object identifier (DOI) lookup (from CrossRef; a DOI is a unique and permanent Internet document identifier)
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 32nd edition [reference work to buy]
- Double-Tongued Dictionary
- “Dr. Abel Scribe’s Guides to AMA and ICMJE Styles” (a guide to following AMA style and the style of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
- “Dr. Abel Scribe’s Guides to APA Style Research Papers” (a guide to following APA style)
- Drug Information Portal (from the U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- “EASE Guidelines for Authors and Translators of Scientific Articles to Be Published in English” (major editorial recommendations for English-as-a-second-language authors of scientific articles and for the language and editorial professionals who work with them; translations to more than 20 languages are available)
- The Economist Style Guide, 10th edition [reference work to buy]
- “Edit Tools for Marking up PDFs in Acrobat,” from the blog Catch the Sun
- Editing Canadian English, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- Editing exercise (from the American Copy Editors Society)
- Editing Grant Proposals [reference work to buy]
- Editing Science Graphs [reference work to buy]
- Editing Technical Writing [reference work to buy]
- Editing test (from the Kansas University William Allen White School of Journalism & Mass Communications)
- Editing tests (from the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund editing internship program, via EditTeach.org)
- Editing the Future
- The Editor’s Companion (Australian style guide) [reference work to buy]
- An Editor’s Guide to Working with Authors [reference work to buy]
- The Editorium [editing macros to buy]
- EditTeach
- EditTools [editing macros to buy]
- EEI’s standard proofreading symbols
- Effective Onscreen Editing: New Tools for an Old Profession [reference work to buy]
- “Electronic Copy Editing—17 Steps to an Error-Free Manuscript” (by Alison Hope)
- “Electronic Editing: With Your Computer, Not Just On It”
- “Electronic Editing: With Your Computer, Not Just On It—Tipsheet” (including information on creating macros)
- The Elements of F*cking Style: A Helpful Parody [reference work to buy]
- The Elements of Internet Style: The New Rules of Creating Valuable Content for Today’s Readers [reference work to buy]
- The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English [reference work to buy]
- Encyclopaedia Britannica [online reference to subscribe to]
- Encyclopedia.com
- EndNote (for managing bibliographies and reference lists) [PC and Macintosh software to buy]
- English Style Guide (from the European Commission Directorate-General for Translation) [PDF to download]
- English Verb Conjugations: 123 Irregular Verbs Fully Conjugated [reference work to buy]
- “English Versions of Chinese Authors’ Names in Biomedical Journals: Observations and Recommendations” (article in Science Editor, 2002:25[1]:3–4) [PDF to download]
- An Exaltation of Larks: The Ultimate Edition (a guide to nouns of multitude, or terms of venery, such as a murmuration of starlings, a gaggle of geese, and a parliament of owls) [reference work to buy]
- ExcelVBA e-mail list (when you need help with Microsoft Excel VBA, which is Visual Basic for Applications, a programming language that helps with document automation)
- The Financial Writer’s Stylebook: 1,100 Business Terms Defined and Rated [reference work to buy]
- FOB: Firms Out of Business (useful for finding details for reference-list items that were produced by long-gone publishers)
- “First Things First,” about a hierarchy of writing and editing values, from the blog You Don’t Say
- Fowler’s The King’s English [reference work to buy]
- Franklin Covey Style Guide for Business and Technical Communication, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- A Freelance Editor’s Guide to Book Production [reference work to buy]
- Frequently asked questions about APA (American Psychological Association) style
- From Dissertation to Book [reference work to buy]
- From Numbers to Words: Reporting Statistical Results for the Social Sciences [reference work to buy]
- Garner’s Modern American Usage, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off, 4th edition [reference work to buy]
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English [reference work to buy]
- The Global English Style Guide: Writing Clear, Translatable Documentation for a Global Market [reference work to buy]
- Google Scholar: find published research articles, find theses, find abstracts, determine where a research article has been cited, find court opinions, and find information on patents (free)
- Grammar by Diagram: Understanding English Grammar Through Traditional Sentence Diagramming [reference work to buy]
- Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing [reference work to buy]
- Grammatical Gleanings [reference work to buy]
- Grammatically Correct: The Essential Guide to Spelling, Style, Usage, Grammar, and Punctuation [reference work to buy]
- The Gregg Reference Manual: A Manual of Style, Grammar, Usage, and Formatting Tribute Edition [reference work to buy]
- Guardian Style (from the The Guardian [of London]) [reference work to use online or to buy]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: The Title Says It All” (part 1, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: The Abstract and the Elevator Talk: A Tale of Two Summaries” (part 2, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: ‘It was a cold and rainy night’: Set the Scene with a Good Introduction” (part 3, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why: The Ingredients in the Recipe for a Successful Methods Section” (part 4, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: Show Your Cards: The Results Section and the Poker Game” (part 5, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: If an IRDAM Journal Is What You Choose, Then Sequential Results Are What You Use” (part 6, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: Put Your Best Figure Forward: Line Graphs and Scattergrams” (part 7, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: Bars and Pies Make Better Desserts than Figures” (part 8, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: Bring Your Best to the Table” (part 9, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: The Discussion Section: Your Closing Argument” (part 10, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: Giving Credit: Citations and References” (part 11, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: How to Write a Rave Review” (part 12, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- “Guide to Scientific Writing: Top 10 Tips for Responding to Reviewer and Editor Comments” (part 13, from Clinical Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- Guidelines for Reporting and Writing About People with Disabilities, 7th edition (from the Research and Training Center on Independent Living at the University of Kansas) [PDF to download]
- “Guidelines for Unbiased Language” (supplemental material from the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition)
- Handbook of Journalism (from Reuters)
- Handbook of Nonsexist Writing: For writers, editors and speakers, 2nd edition
- “Handling Difficult Authors” [audio CD to buy]
- Health Writer’s Handbook, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- “History: Documenting Sources” (a guide to following Chicago Manual style)
- “How to Avoid Bias in Your Writing,” from the blog Daily Writing Tips
- How to Report Statistics in Medicine: Annotated Guidelines for Authors, Editors, and Reviewers [reference work to buy]
- How to use Microsoft Word’s “track changes”
- How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One [reference work to buy]
- How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 7th edition [reference work to buy]
- How to Write, Publish, and Present in the Health Sciences: Guidelines for Physicians and Laboratory Researchers [reference work to buy]
- “The Illusion of Certainty and the Certainty of Illusion: A Caution When Reading Scientific Articles” (article in The International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2011:2[2]:118–123) [PDF to download]
- Indexing Specialties: Cookbooks [reference work to buy]
- The Ins and Outs of Prepositions: A Guidebook for ESL Students, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- Instructions to authors for more than 6,000 peer-reviewed journals in the health and life sciences (from the Mulford Health Science Library of the University of Toledo)
- International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References
- International Trademark Association’s Trademark Checklist
- Irvine's Writing About Music, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- Ixquick (a metasearch engine that allows searches in 18 languages and that does not record searchers’ IP addresses)
- Journalist’s Toolbox
- Journals currently indexed in MEDLINE
- JournalTOCs (free searchable collection of tables of contents for thousands of scholarly journals)
- “Key Mark-Up Techniques for Proofreading PDFs,” from the blog Catch the Sun
- Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon’s Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print—and How to Avoid Them [reference work to buy]
- “Last but Not Least: A Guide for Editors Commissioning Indexes,” from the Society of Indexers, the British and Irish professional body for indexing [PDF to download]
- Levels of Technical Editing [reference work to buy]
- Library of Congress Online Catalog
- Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writing [reference work to buy]
- List of keyboard shortcuts in Windows XP
- “List of Style Manuals” (manuals used in various disciplines)
- The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing and Publishing [reference work to buy]
- Liturgical Press Style Guide, 7th edition [PDF to download]
- The Macmillan Dictionary of Contemporary Phrase & Fable [reference work to buy]
- Macros Cookbook for Microsoft Word [reference work to buy]
- Macros for Writers and Editors [free book of editing macros to download]
- Making the Most of Word in Your Business (from Shauna Kelly)
- Making Word Work for You: An Editor’s Intro to the Tool of the Trade [reference work to buy]
-
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
(by Kate L. Turabian) [reference work to buy] - A Manual of Scientific Style: A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Researchers [reference work to buy]
- A Manual of Style: A Guide to the Basics of Good Writing [reference work to buy]
- “Manuscript Format for Three Bibliographic Styles” (comparison of MLA, APA, and Chicago styles)
- Mark My Words: Instruction and Practice in Proofreading, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- Mastering APA Style: Student's Workbook and Training Guide, 6th edition [reference work to buy]
- Mathematics into Type, updated edition [reference work to buy]
- McEdit e-mail list (when you need help with Microsoft Word and other editing tools on the Macintosh)
- McGraw-Hill’s Proofreading Handbook [reference work to buy]
- Medical Abbreviations: 32,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety, 15th edition [reference work to buy]
- “Medical Copyediting: The Mechanics of Medical Editing” [audio CD to buy]
- “Medical Copyediting: Using the AMA Manual” [audio CD to buy]
- Medical editing test (from BioMedical Editor)
- Medical Usage and Abusage [reference work to buy]
- MediLexicon (medical dictionary, medical abbreviation definitions, ICD9 and ICD9CM code definitions, drug information, definitions of medical equipment and surgical instruments)
- MEDLINE (PubMed)
- MedlinePlus: Drugs, Herbs and Supplements
- MedlinePlus: Medical Dictionary
- Merriam-Webster Online
- Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of English Usage
- Microsoft Knowledge Base
- Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- Microsoft Office for Mac Help (for Word 2011)
- Microsoft Office workbooks: Discover Microsoft Excel 2007; Discover Microsoft Word 2007; Enjoy ... Microsoft Office Excel 2007; Enjoy ... Microsoft Office Word 2007; Enjoy ... Upgrading to Microsoft Word 2007; Microsoft Word 2010 Upgrade from 2003: A New Way of Working; Microsoft Word 2010 Upgrade: Building on Word 2007; Using Normal Template in Word 2010 [reference works to buy]
- Microsoft Word: Advanced Features for Publication, Collaboration, and Instruction (for Word 2011 on the Macintosh) [PDF to download]
- Microsoft Word for Medical and Technical Writers [reference work to buy]
- Microsoft Word for Publishing Professionals [reference work to buy]
- “MLA, APA, and Chicago Comparison” (a comparison of how three styles handle specific issues) [PDF to download]
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition [reference work to buy]
- Monash University Web Style Guide, version 3: Writing for the Web
- MSO_2007 e-mail list (when you need help with Microsoft Office 2007 for the PC)
- “My Germ-Away Tea,” from the blog EditorMom (for those days when editing must continue despite the editor’s upper respiratory infection)
- Music Research: A Handbook [reference work to buy]
- NABJ Style Guide (from the National Association of Black Journalists)
- National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms
- National Geographic Style Manual
- New Food Lover’s Companion [reference work to buy]
- New Perspectives on Technical Editing [reference work to buy]
- 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 [reference work to buy]
- The New York Times Newsroom Navigator
- NLM Catalog: Journals Referenced in the NCBI Databases (search for journals indexed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information of the U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- NTC’s Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs and Other Idiomatic Verbal Phrases [reference work to buy]
- Office Watch: advice and tips about Microsoft software (not from Microsoft) [free newsletters]
- “On the Use of Italic and Roman Fonts for Symbols in Scientific Text” (from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) [PDF to download]
- Online Consistency Checker [free editing software, in beta, to use online]
- Online Slang Dictionary
- OnlineStylebooks.com (allows users to simultaneously search multiple online style guides)
- Oxford African American Studies Center [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Art Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Biblical Studies Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Dictionaries [online reference work]
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable [reference work to buy]
- Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, & Quotation [reference work to buy]
- Oxford Digital Reference Shelf [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford English Dictionary Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Islamic Studies Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Language Dictionaries Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Music Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Reference Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Oxford Scholarship Online [online reference to subscribe to]
- Patent Full-Text Databases (from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; search for U.S. patents)
- PDF editing stamps (American proofreading symbols) made available by Wiley & Sons (use your browser's page-search function to find the heading "Proof Markup"; the link that reads AcrobatStamps.zip leads to the file of stamps)
- PDF editing stamps (American proofreading symbols): red set and black set (made available by the Copyediting-L e-mail list; click on the "Resources" tab, and then use your browser's page-search function to find the phrase "Diana Stirling's")
- “PDF Editing—Making the Most of the Stamps Tool” (from UK proofreader and editor Louise Harnby; her downloadable PDF stamps use proofreading symbols as defined by British Standard BS 5261; check the blog's archives under Stamps, where additions will be noted)
- The Penguin Dictionary of American English Usage and Style [reference work to buy]
- PerfectIt [editing software to buy]
- PhraseExpress (expands clipboard capability, stores text snippets, and expands autotext capability) [PC software to buy for business use or freeware to download for personal use; works with any Windows program]
- Pocket Dictionary for the Study of Biblical Hebrew [reference work to buy]
- Pocket Dictionary for the Study of New Testament Greek [reference work to buy]
- Prepositionary: The Writer’s Guide to Prepositions [reference work to buy]
- “Productivity Rates in Editing,” from the blog Catch the Sun
- “Professional Editorial Standards” (from the Editors’ Association of Canada)
- Proofreading test (for British English) (from Proofreading and Copy-Editing [UK])
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition [reference work to buy]; corrections to the first printing and corrected sample papers [free downloads]
- The Publication Process at Biomedical Journals [reference work to buy]
- PubMed and NCBI Molecular Biology Database journals (download text-only files listing information about biomedical journals indexed in PubMed and the NCBI Molecular Biology Database, to search them for journal-name abbreviations; NCBI is the National Center for Biotechnology Information of the U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: APA style
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: Chicago Manual of Style
- Purdue Online Writing Lab: MLA (Modern Language Association) style
- Quertle (life sciences semantic search engine)
- Read Me First! A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- Recipes Into Type: A Handbook for Cookbook Writers and Editors [reference work to buy]
- Reference Manager (for managing bibliographies and reference lists) [PC software to buy]
- Reference works on many diverse topics, such as bibliography software, ethics, and maps (from the Council of Science Editors)
- ReferenceChecker [editing macro to buy]
- RefWorks (for managing bibliographies and reference lists) [PC and Macintosh software to buy]
- Research and Documentation (MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles)
- Resolve a DOI (from The DOI System; a DOI [digital object identifier] is a unique and permanent Internet document identifier)
- “Resources for Writing and Editing Grant Proposals,” from the blog EditorMom
- The SBL Handbook of Style: For Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Early Christian Studies [reference work to download as a PDF or to buy]
- “The Science of Scientific Writing” (from American Scientist)
- “Sciences: Documenting Sources” (a guide to following CSE Manual style)
- Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th edition [reference work to buy]
- Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th edition: index (download the index via the “Complete Index” link, save it to your computer, and search it easily)
- Scopus: a citation indexing database for determining where a science research article has been cited (subscription required)
- The Secret Life of Word (an in-depth look at the hidden capabilities of Microsoft Word that shows how to take advantage of those capabilities without being a programmer) [reference work to buy]
- “Significant Rule Changes in The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition” (a guide to following APA style)
- “Social Sciences: Documenting Sources”
- Spanish-English English-Spanish Medical Dictionary, 4th edition [reference work to buy]
- Sports Style Guide & Reference Manual: The Complete Reference for Sports Editors, Writers, and Broadcasters [reference work to buy]
- Statistics: A Spectator Sport, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- Statistics for Dummies [reference work to buy]
- Stedman’s Medical Abbreviations, Acronyms & Symbols, 4th edition [reference work to buy]
- Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, 28th edition [reference work to buy]
- Stedman’s Medical Terms and Phrases [reference work to buy]
- Stet Again! More Tricks of the Trade for Publications People [reference work to buy]
- Strategic Copy Editing [reference work to buy]
- Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style
- A Student's Dictionary for Biblical & Theological Studies [reference work to buy]
- Style Guide (from The Economist)
- Style Guide for Less-Popular Religions (compiled by a journalist from the Beaumont Enterprise, a Texas daily newspaper)
- Style-guide icons: set 1 and set 2 (from the blog WinePress of Words)
- Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers (Australian style guide) [reference work to buy]
- Stylebook Supplement on LGBT Terminology (from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association) [PDF to download]
- Subtleties of Scientific Style [PDF to download]
- The Subversive Copy Editor [reference work to buy]
- Table 1. Common Editorial Service Levels in Manuscript Development (see second page of document)
- Tagging manuscripts (adding typesetting codes) by using Microsoft Word’s AutoText toolbar (from the Editorium)
- “Tea Vendors and Communities” (links to online vendors of whole-leaf teas and to tea communities—necessities because all good editing, in the opinion of KOK Edit’s Katharine O’Moore-Klopf, is fueled by tea)
- Technical Editing, 5th edition [reference work to buy]
- Technical Editing in the 21st Century [reference work to buy]
- Technical Editing: The Practical Guide for Editors and Writers [reference work to buy]
- Technical Editors’ Eyrie
- Telegraph Style Book (from the The Daily Telegraph [of the United Kingdom])
- “Template Basics in Microsoft Word” (a guide to using Word templates)
-
Textbook Development as an Art and a Science
[reference work to buy] - The Times Style and Usage Guide (from the The Times [of London])
- “Timesaving PDF Markup Using Adobe Acrobat; (article in Copyediting, 2012;February–March:9–10) [PDF to download; subscription required]
- TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network) (from the U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Trademark Electronic Search System (from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; search for U.S. trademarks)
- “Turabian Quick Guide” (a guide to following Turabian style)
- U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, 30th edition [reference work to download as PDFs or to buy]
- U.S. Navy Style Guide
- Ultimate Citation Resource: ACS, AIP, AMS, APA, ASA, Blue Book, Chicago, Columbia, CSE, IEEE, MLA, Harvard, MHRA, political science, SSCI, Turabian
- The Ultimate Style Guide Resources for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (from the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
- United Jewish Communities Style & Usage Guide [PDF to download]
- United Nations Editorial Manual
- Universal Currency Converter
- University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries: Writing and Publishing Portal (resources for writing, editing, and publishing in the health sciences)
- Urban Dictionary
- USCCB Style Guide (from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) [reference work to buy]
- “Using Microsoft Word’s ‘Track Changes’ Editing Feature: A Short Guide for Authors and Editors” (for Word 97, 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004) [PDF to download]
- “Using Microsoft Word’s ‘Track Changes’ Editing Feature: A Short Guide for Authors and Editors” (for Word 2007, 2008, and 2011) [PDF to download]
- “Using the PDF Markup Comments List: One User's Experience,” from the blog Catch the Sun
- USPTO Design Search Code Manual (from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; search for U.S. design pieces)
- The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual [reference work to buy]
- The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage [reference work to buy]
- Web of Knowledge: a citation indexing database for determining where a science research article has been cited (subscription required)
- Web Style Guide, 3rd edition: Editorial Style
- Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
- Western Pacific Region Index Medicus
- Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms [reference work to buy]
- “What Is Substantive Editing?”
- Windows keyboard shortcuts for PCs and Macs
- Who’s Who with Who Was Who [online reference to subscribe to]
- Windows Secrets—“Everything Microsoft forgot to mention” [newsletter]
- WIPO Gold (from the World Intellectual Property Organization; search for patents, domain names, brands, designs, marks, etc.)
- Wired Style, revised edition [reference work to buy]
- Word-PC e-mail list (when you need help with Microsoft Word as designed for the PC)
- Word 2007 Macros & VBA Made Easy [reference work to buy]
- Word 2007 Styles and Templates [reference work to buy]
- Word Hacks: Tips & Tools for Taming Your Text [reference work to buy]
- Word Parts Dictionary: Standard and Reverse Listings of Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots and Combining Forms, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- Words into Type, 3rd edition [reference work to buy]
- WordTips: Styles and Templates [reference work to buy]
- Word_VBA e-mail list (when you need help with Microsoft Word VBA, which is Visual Basic for Applications, a programming language that helps with document automation)
- The World Clock—Time Zones
- Wortschatz (135 searchable, corpus-based monolingual dictionaries)
- Writer–editor relationships, onscreen editing, avoiding repetitive-stress injuries, and more
- The Writer’s Knowledge Base
- The Writer’s Virtual Bookshelf
- Writing About Music: An Introductory Guide, 4th edition [reference work to buy]
- Writing About Music: A Style Sheet, 2nd edition [reference work to buy]
- The Yahoo! Style Guide: The Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World (see also the style guide’s home) [reference work to buy]
- YourDictionary.com
- Zotero (for managing bibliographies and reference lists) [browser-based free software]
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