Resources
Below are some resources, both online and in print, with more information about the topics touched upon in these pages. While all of these are excellent references, some may contradict the preferred ITS style set forth in this guide. If you have questions, contact ITS Strategic Communications.
For editing ITS publications, ITS Strategic Communications has selected the following reference guides:
- The University of Texas at Austin Writer's Style Guide
- Spelling: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition
- Technical terminology and usage: The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications
Web Publishing Guides
UT Austin Web Publishing Guidelines
External Style Guides
Many computer companies have style guides that they write for their own use and also issue for people writing about their products. We refer to these guides when we are writing for these products.
Apple Style Guide (Opens a PDF from Apple's Web site)
Online Resources
The American Heritage Dictionary
The American Heritage Book of English Usage
Strunk's The Elements of Style
Print Resources
Associated Press, Norm Goldstein, Editor. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. Perseus Books Group, 2000.
Gordon, Karen Elizabeth. The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimate Handbook of Grammar for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed. Pantheon Books, 1993.
Gordon, Karen Elizabeth. The New Well-Tempered Sentence: A Punctuation Handbook for the Innocent, the Eager, and the Doomed. Ticknor & Fields, 1993.
Microsoft Corporation. The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications, Third Edition. Microsoft Press, May 2004.
O'Conner, Patricia T. Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English. Riverhead Books, 1998.
O'Conner, Patricia T. Words Fail Me: What Everyone Who Writes Should Know About Writing. Harvest Books, 2000.
Smith, Ken. Junk English. Blast Books, 2001.
Strunk, William Jr. and E.B. White. The Elements of Style. 3rd or 4th Edition.
Walsh, Bill. Lapsing Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go Wrong in Print—and How to Avoid Them. McGraw-Hill, 2000.
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