Handbooks and Guides
MLA Style Manual (most recent edition)
Ref PN147.G444 1998
The authoritative guide for scholarly writing about literature; includes
detailed information about documentation (making citations) and
formatting a paper, as well as guidelines for abbreviations,
capitalization, punctuation and other elements of formal
writing.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Ref LB2369.G53 1995
A basic guide to writing papers using the MLA style.
A Handbook for Literary Research Ref
PN73.H36 1998
A guide for advanced users; covers such topics as textual analysis, literary
theories, research techniques, and dissertation writing.
A Short Guide to Writing a Critical Review Ref PN98.B7A4
1975
How to Analyze Fiction Ref PN3335.K4 1988
Analyzing Short Stories Ref PN3373.L67 1998
Dictionaries and Thesauruses
See Index Table 1 for a selection of these.
Resources on the Web
Dictionary.com
- links to English and foreign language dictionaries,
Roget's Thesaurus, and guides to grammar, style and
punctuation.
American Heritage Dictionary, 4th ed.
Roget's
Thesaurus
Strunk's Elements of Style
The Text Doctor
The Blue Book of Grammar and
Punctuation
The librarian liaison
to English is Kathryn Kalmanson,
kckalmanson@salisbury.edu | 410-543-6190
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