Style guide
Updated: 06/06/2021 by Computer Hope
Alternatively known as a manual of style, style book, or style manual, a style guide is an article, book, PDF, or website with a list of rules and usage that help guide writers.
The typical style guide gives an overview of basic grammar, punctuation, formatting, usage, standards, and terminology to help ensure a consistent form of writing.
Online style guides
Below is a list of different style guides available though an online website, PDF, or as a book.
- American Medical Association (website).
- American Physiological Society (website).
- Apple Style Guide (Apple ibook).
- Google style guide (website)
- The Associated Press Stylebook (book and website).
- BBC News Style Guide (website).
- Better Homes and Gardens Stylebook (website).
- The Canadian Press Writing Guide (book).
- The Chicago Manual of Style (book and website).
- The Christian Writer's Manual of Style (book).
- The Telegraph style book (website).
- The Economist Style Guide (book).
- The Elements of Style (website).
- Georgia State University Writer's Style Guide (website).
- The Guardian and Observer style guide (website).
- IEEE Computer Society Style Manual (PDF).
- International Literacy Association Style Guide (website).
- Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style (book and website).
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Editorial Style Guide (website).
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Style Guide (website).
- Microsoft Writing Style Guide (website).
- Modern Humanities Research Association (book).
- NASA Style Guide (website).
- National Geographic Style Manual (website).
- National Park Service Style Guides (PDF).
- New York Official Reports Style Manual (website).
- Reuters Handbook of Journalism (website).
- Saint Louis University Style Guide (website).
- Samford University Style Reference Guide (PDF).
- Tameri Generalized Stylebook (website).
- United Nations Editorial Manual (website and PDF).
- U.S. Government Style Manual (PDF).
- The Videogame Style Guide (eBook).
- Wikipedia Manual of Style (website).
- World Health Organization style guide (PDF).
