List of style guides

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A style guide, or style manual, is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field. The implementation of a style guide provides uniformity in style and formatting within a document and across multiple documents. A set of standards for a specific organization is often known as an "in-house style". Style guides are common for general and specialized use, for the general reading and writing audience, and for students and scholars of medicine, journalism, law, and various academic disciplines.

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International

Several basic style guides for technical and scientific communication have been defined by international standards organizations. These are often used as elements of and refined in more specialized style guides that are specific to a subject, region, or organization. Some examples are:

Other style guides that cover international usage:

Australia

General

Law

Science

Canada

European Union

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, major publications, academic institutions and companies have their own style guides, otherwise they would normally rely on New Hart's Rules available in the New Oxford Style Manual.

For general writing

For academic papers

For journalism

For electronic publishing

For the computer industry (software and hardware)

United States

In the United States, most journalistic forms of mass communication rely on styles provided in the Associated Press Stylebook (AP Stylebook). Corporate publications typically follow either the AP Stylebook or the equally respected Chicago Manual of Style, with in-house modifications or exceptions to the chosen style guide.

A classic grammar style guide is Strunk & White's Elements of Style .

For general writing

For scientific publications

For other academic writing

For journalism

For electronic publishing

For business

For the computer industry

Editorial style guides on preparing a manuscript for publication

See also

References

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