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Research and writing guides references

The following material are available in the Main Library:

1. _______. c1997. The essential writer's companion: a concise guide to writing effectively for school, home, or office [e-book]. Houghton-Mifflin, New York, 253 p. [Access from OCLC NetLibrary online database]

 

2. ________. 2003. The Chicago manual of style (15th ed.). The University of Chicago, Chicago, 956 p. [Location: Z253 U58 2003]

 

3. Barman, Scott. 2002. Writing information security policies. New Riders, Boston, 216 p. [Location: QA76.9 A25 B379 2002]

 

4. Curtis, Kelly. 2001. Writing from within. Cambridge University, New York, 119 p. [Location: PE1121 K29 2001]

 

5. Dunleavy, Patrick. 2003. Authoring a PhD: how to plan, draft, write and finish a Doctoral thesis or dissertation. Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 297 p. [Location: LB2369 D897 2003]

 

6. Fry, Ronald W. 1996. Improve your writing (3rd ed.) [e-book]. Career press, New Jersey, 127 p. [Access from OCLC NetLibrary online database]

 

7. Fry, Ronald W. 2000. Improve your writing (4th ed.) [e-book]. Career Press, New Jersey, 125 p. [Access from OCLC NetLibrary online database]

 

8. Fry, Ronald W. 2002. Last minute term papers [e-book]. Career Press, New Jersey, 128 p. [Access from OCLC NetLibrary online database]

 

9. Gibaldi, Joseph. 2003. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. Modern Language Association of America, New York, 361 p. [Location: LB2369 D897 2003]

 

10. Grimond, John. Style guide: the best selling guide to English usage. Profile Books, London, 250 p. [Location: HF5718.3 E17 2005]

 

11. Houghton, Peggy M et al. 2005. APA the easy way! a quick and simplified guide to the APA writing style. Baker College, Michigan, 60 p. [Location: BF76.7 H835 2005]

 

12. Ingre, David. 2003. Survivor's guide to technical writing. South-Western/Thomson Learning, Ohio, 325 p. [Location: T11 I44 2003]

 

13. Langan, John. c2005. College writing skills with readings (6th ed.) McGraw-Hill, Boston, 734 p. [Location: PE1408 L3178 2005]

 

14. Leonhard, Barbara Harris. 2002. Discoveries in academic writing. Heinle and Heinle, Boston, 258 p. [Location: PE1128 L576 2002]

 

15. McMarter, Sam. 2007. Improve IELTS writing: study skills. Macmillan, Oxford, 112 p. [Location: PE1128 M113 2007]

 

16. Oshima, Alice. Writing academic English (4th ed.). Pearson/Longman, New York, 337 p. [Location: PE1408 H714 2006]

 

17. Pike-Baky, Meredith. 2005. Tapestry: writing 1. Thomson/Heinle, Boston, 195 p. [Location: PE1130 A8P635 2005]

 

18. Reader's Digest Association Limited. 2005. Reader's digest how to write and read. Reader's Digest Association Limited, London, 655 p. [Location code: PE112 K12 1993]

 

19. Smith-Worthington, Darlene. 2005. Technical writing for success (2nd ed.) Thomson/South-Western, Ohio, 418 p. [Location: T11 S642 2005]

 

20. Van Huss, Susie H. 2005. Basic letter and memo writing (5th ed.). Thomson/South-Western, Ohio, 274 p. [Location: PE1128 V217 2005]

 

21. Wachbob, Phyllis. 2005. Persuasive writing and speaking: communication fundamentals for business. Thomson, Australia, 111 p. [Location: PE1417 W113 2005]

Other related references (not available in WOU libraries):

1. Gibaldi, Joseph. 1998. MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing (2nd ed.). Language Association of America, New York, 343 p.

 

2. Hogue, Ann and Oshima, Alice. 2006. Introduction to academic writing (3rd ed.). Pearson Longman, Indianapolis, 221 p.

 

3. Szuchman, Lenore T. 2004. Writing with style: APA style made easy (3rd ed.). Wadsworth Publishing, California, 192 p.