list of style guides

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:

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• EN 15038, Annex D{{snd}}European Standard for Translation Services (withdrawn)
• ISO 8{{snd}}Presentation of periodicals
• ISO 18{{snd}}Contents lists of periodicals
• ISO 31{{snd}}Quantities and units
• ISO 214{{snd}}Abstracts for publication and documentation
• ISO 215{{snd}}Presentation of contributions to periodicals and other serials{{cite web |url= http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=4086 |title=ISO 215:1986 – Documentation – Presentation of contributions to periodicals and other serials |publisher=International Organization for Standardization}}
• ISO 690{{snd}}Bibliographic references{{snd}}Content, form & structure
• ISO 832{{snd}}Bibliographic references{{snd}}Abbreviations of typical words
• ISO 999{{snd}}Index of a publication
• ISO 1086{{snd}}Title leaves of a book
• ISO 2145{{snd}}Numbering of divisions and subdivisions in written documents
• ISO 5966{{snd}}Presentation of scientific and technical reports (withdrawn)
• ISO 6357{{snd}}Spine titles on books and other publications
• ISO 7144{{snd}}Presentation of theses and similar documents
• ISO 9241{{snd}}Ergonomics of Human System Interaction
• ISO 17100{{snd}}Translation Services-Requirements for Translation Services

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Other style guides that cover international usage:

• The Cambridge Guide to English Usage, by Cambridge University Press
• The Global English Style Guide, by SAS Institute

• [https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/ Australian Government Style Manual] by Digital Transformation Agency. 7th ed.
• Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers by Snooks & Co for the Department of Finance and Administration. 6th ed. {{ISBN|0701636483}}.
• The Australian Handbook for Writers and Editors by Margaret McKenzie. 4th ed. {{ISBN|9781921606496}}.
• The Cambridge Guide to Australian English Usage by Pam Peters of Macquarie University. 2nd ed. {{ISBN|9780521702423}}.
• The Complete Guide to English Usage for Australian Students by Margaret Ramsay. 6th ed. {{ISBN|9780521702423}}.

• Australian Guide to Legal Citation published by University of Melbourne Law School. 4th ed. {{ISBN|9780521702423}}.

• Australian manual of scientific style (AMOSS) by Biotext; illustrated by Biotext. 1st ed. {{ISBN|9780994636904}}

• {{cite web | title=The Canadian style: a guide to writing and editing : : S2-158/1996E | website=Government of Canada Publications | date=Jul 1, 2002 | url=https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.646585/publication.html }}
• {{cite web | website=Canada.ca |publisher=Translation Bureau - Government of Canada | title=Writing resources—Writing guidelines – Collection of Canadian language resources|url=https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/ressources-resources/ressources-resources/guide-guidelines-eng}}
• {{cite web | title= TERMIUM Plus -Writing Tips Plus – Writing Tools | website=Canada.ca |publisher=Translation Bureau - Government of Canada | url=https://www.noslangues-ourlanguages.gc.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/index-eng }}
• {{cite book | author =Canada. Secretary of State | title=The Canadian Style: A Guide to Writing and Editing | publisher=Dundurn Press | year=1997 | isbn=978-1-55488-317-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PlSAN5LW7-sC&pg=PP1 }}
• {{cite web | title=Writing and Editing Style Guides | website=The Canadian Press | date=Jul 14, 2023 | url=https://www.thecanadianpress.com/writing-guide/ }}
• {{cite book | title=The Canadian Oxford Dictionary | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=Jan 1, 2004 | isbn=978-0-19-541816-3 | doi=10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001 }}
• {{cite book | last=Virag | first=Karen Jean | title=Editing Canadian English | isbn=978-0-9869456-1-8 }}
• {{cite book | last1=McFarlane | first1=J.A. | last2=Clements | first2=W. | title=The Globe and Mail Style Book: A Guide to Language and Usage | publisher=McClelland & Stewart | year=1998 | isbn=978-0-7710-3337-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHooPQAACAAJ }}
• Geoscience Reporting Guidelines—for geoscience reports in industry, academia and other disciplines.{{cite web |title=Shaw Communications |url=http://members.shaw.ca/geomanual/ |website=Members.Shaw.ca}}

• Council of Europe - English Style Guide, by the Council of Europe{{cite web |url= https://www.ecml.at/Portals/1/ECML%20programme/Project%20management/Guidelines%20for%20authors%20of%20ECML%20publications/CoE-style-guide-EN-2021.pdf |title=Council of Europe English Style Guide PDF |website=European Centre for Modern Languages of the Council of Europe |date=20 October 2023 |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231020182215/https://www.ecml.at/Portals/1/ECML%20programme/Project%20management/Guidelines%20for%20authors%20of%20ECML%20publications/CoE-style-guide-EN-2021.pdf}}
• English Style Guide ("A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission" – executive branch of the European Union.){{cite web |url= https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/english-resources-english-style-guide_en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161222224535/https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/english-resources-english-style-guide_en |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 December 2016 |title=English resources: English Style Guide |website=European Commission |date=April 2023}}
• Interinstitutional Style Guide.{{cite web|url= http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-000100.htm |title=Publications Office — Interinstitutional style guide — Home |website=Publications.Europa.eu}}

• [https://styleguide.nz/ New Zealand Style Guide], by Flickerwell.{{Cite web |last=Flickerwell |title=New Zealand Style Guide |url=https://styleguide.nz/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=New Zealand Style Guide |language=en-NZ}}

• [https://www.digital.govt.nz/standards-and-guidance/design-and-ux/content-design-guidance Content design guidance], by Digital.govt.nz.{{Cite web |title=Content design guidance |url=https://www.digital.govt.nz/standards-and-guidance/design-and-ux/content-design-guidance |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=New Zealand Digital government |language=en-NZ}}

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.

• The Complete Plain Words, by Sir Ernest Gowers.
• Copy-editing: The Cambridge Handbook for Editors, Authors and Publishers Judith Butcher. (2006 ed.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press {{ISBN|9780521847131}}
• Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (2015 ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press, (hardcover). Based on Modern English Usage, by Henry Watson Fowler. {{ISBN|9780199661350}}
• The King's English, by Henry Watson Fowler and Francis George Fowler.
• New Oxford Style Manual (2016 ed.) Oxford: Oxford University Press. It combines New Hart's Rules and The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, it is an authoritative handbook on how to prepare copy. {{ISBN|9780198767251}}
• Usage and Abusage, by Eric Partridge.

• Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA), by the University of Oxford Faculty of Law
• The Lawyer's Style Guide (2021 ed.) by Bloomsbury Publishing{{Cite book |last=Butt |first=Peter |url=https://www.perlego.com/book/2237463/the-lawyers-style-guide-a-student-and-practitioner-guide-pdf |title=The Lawyer’s Style Guide: A Student and Practitioner Guide |date=2021-02-25 |publisher=Hart Publishing |isbn=978-1-5099-3625-0 |edition=1 |language=English |via=Perlego }}

• MHRA Style Guide for the arts and humanities; published by the Modern Humanities Research Association
• The British Psychological Society Style Guide, published by The British Psychological Society

• The BBC News Style Guide: by the British Broadcasting Corporation.{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/collections/news-style-guide |title=BBC News style guide |website=BBC Academy}}
• The Daily Telegraph Style Guide, by The Daily Telegraph{{Cite book |last=Heffer |first=Simon |url=https://www.perlego.com/book/2067294/the-daily-telegraph-style-guide-pdf |title=The Daily Telegraph Style Guide |date=2010-10-25 |publisher=Aurum |isbn=978-1-84513-656-7 |language=English |via=Perlego }}
• The Economist Style Guide: by The Economist.

{{Cite news |url= http://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction |title=Style Guide | the Economist |newspaper=The Economist |access-date=5 January 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130207195439/http://www.economist.com/styleguide/introduction |archive-date=7 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}

• The Financial Times Style Guide, by The Financial Times
• The Guardian Style Guide: by The Guardian{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/guardian-observer-style-guide-a |title=Guardian and Observer style guide: A |date=23 December 2015 |website=Theguardian.com}}
• The Times Style and Usage Guide, by The Times.

• GOV.UK Style Guide, by UK Government
• University of Cambridge Style Guide, by University of Cambridge

• Acorn Technical Publications Style Guide, by Acorn Computers. Provides editorial guidelines for text in RISC OS instructional publications, technical documentation, and reference information.{{cite web |url= https://www.riscosopen.org/zipfiles/platform/common/TechPubStyleGuide.3.pdf |title=Acorn Technical Publications Style Guide |website=RISC OS Open |access-date=22 September 2024}}
• RISC OS Style Guide{{cite web |url= https://www.riscosopen.org/zipfiles/platform/common/StyleGuide.3.pdf |title=RISC OS Style Guide |website=RISC OS Open |access-date=22 September 2024}} by RISC OS Open Limited. Provides design guidelines, help and dialogue box phrasing examples for the software user interface.

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.

• Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right, by Bill Bryson
• The Careful Writer, by Theodore Bernstein
• The Conscious Style Guide: A Flexible Approach to Language That Includes, Respects, and Empowers, by Karen Yin — provides "style guidance on compassionate, mindful, empowering, respectful, and inclusive language," particularly with regards to marginalized communities{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://consciousstyleguide.com/about/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=Conscious Style Guide |language=en-US}}
• Garner's Modern American Usage, by Bryan A. Garner
• The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr. and E. B. White — often referred to as "Strunk & White"

• ALWD Guide to Legal Citation, by the Association of Legal Writing Directors
• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, by the Harvard Law Review, Yale Law Journal, Columbia Law Review, and Penn Law Review in collaboration
• The Indigo Book: An Open and Compatible Implementation of A Uniform System of Citation, by Professor Christopher Jon Sprigman and NYU law students — unofficial open-source adaptation of the Bluebook
• New York Law Reports Style Manual, by the Law Reporting Bureau of the State of New York{{Cite web |title=Official Reports Style Manual |url=https://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/styman_menu.shtml |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.nycourts.gov}}

• The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication, by the American Chemical Society
• AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors, by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
• The American Sociological Association Style Guide, by the American Sociological Association
• The CSE Manual: Scientific Style and Format for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, by the Council of Science Editors (CSE){{Cite web |title=The CSE Manual Online |url=https://www.csemanual.org/Home.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250203135837/https://www.csemanual.org/Home.html |archive-date=2025-02-03 |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=The CSE Manual Online |language=en}}
• IEEE Reference Style Guide for Authors, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, by the American Psychological Association — known as "APA style"

• Association of Art Editors Style Guide, by Lory Frankel and Virginia Wageman for the Association of Art Editors{{Cite web |title=Association of Art Editors (AAE) Style Guide |url=https://www.artedit.org/style-guide.php |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.artedit.org |language=en}}
• The Chicago Manual of Style, by the University of Chicago Press
• A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers, by Kate L. Turabian — often referred to as "Turabian"
• Handbook of Technical Writing, by Gerald J. Alred, Charles T. Brusaw, and Walter E. Oliu
• The Little Style Guide to Great Christian Writing and Publishing, by Leonard G. Goss and Carolyn Stanford Goss — provides a distinctively religious examination of style and language for writers and editors in religion, philosophy of religion, and theology
• MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors, Editors, and Writers of Theses, by the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA){{Cite web |title=The MHRA Style Guide |url=https://www.mhra.org.uk/style/ |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.mhra.org.uk}}
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, by Joseph Gibaldi for the Modern Language Association of America (MLA)
• The SBL Handbook of Style: For Biblical Studies and Related Disciplines, by the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• The Style Manual for Political Science, by the American Political Science Association

• The Associated Press Stylebook, by the Associated Press — known as the AP Stylebook
• The BuzzFeed Style Guide, by Emmy Favilla and Megan Paolone{{cite web |url= https://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/buzzfeed-style-guide |title=BuzzFeed Style Guide |first1=Emmy |last1=Favilla |first2=Megan |last2=Paolone |website=BuzzFeed.com |date=8 March 2023}}
• GLAAD Media Reference Guide, by GLAAD{{Cite web |date=2022-02-21 |title=GLAAD Media Reference Guide – 11th Edition {{!}} GLAAD |url=https://glaad.org/reference |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=glaad.org |language=en-US}} — provides guidance for writing about LGBTQ people in journalism and media
• The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage, by Allan M. Siegal and William G. Connolly
• The Wall Street Journal Guide to Business Style and Usage, by Ronald J. Alsop and the staff of the Wall Street Journal

• The Columbia Guide to Online Style, by Janice Walker and Todd Taylor{{Cite book |last=Walker |first=Janice |url=https://www.perlego.com/book/775492/the-columbia-guide-to-online-style-pdf |title=The Columbia Guide to Online Style |last2=Taylor |first2=Todd |date=2006-10-24 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-50698-4 |edition=2 |language=English |via=Perlego }}
• Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, by Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton
• The Yahoo! Style Guide, by Chris Barr{{cite book |last1=Barr |first1=Chris |title=The Yahoo! Style Guide |date=2010 |publisher=Yahoo! Inc. |isbn=9780312569846 |url= https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15409290W/The_Yahoo!_style_guide?edition=yahoostyleguide00barr}}

• The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Effective Writing on the Job, by Helen Cunningham and Brenda Greene{{cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Helen |last2=Greene |first2=Brenda |title=The Business Style Handbook: An A-to-Z Guide for Effective Writing on the Job |edition=2nd |date=2013 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=9780071800105}}
• The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin

• Apple Style Guide, published online by Apple Inc.{{cite web |author1=Apple Inc. |title=Apple Style Guide |date=March 2024 |url= https://support.apple.com/guide/applestyleguide/welcome/web/}} — provides editorial guidelines for text in Apple instructional publications, technical documentation, reference information, training programs, and the software user interface
• DigitalOcean Style Guide, published online by DigitalOcean{{Cite web |last=Digital Ocean |title=DigitalOcean documentation style guide |url= https://docs.digitalocean.com/style/ |website=Docs.DigitalOcean.com}}
• GNOME Developer Documentation Style Guidelines, published online by GNOME{{Cite web |last=GNOME |title=Developer Documentation Style Guidelines |url=https://developer.gnome.org/documentation/guidelines/devel-docs.html |access-date=}}
• Google Developer Documentation Style Guide, published online by Google{{cite web |publisher=Google Inc. |title=Google developer documentation style guide |url= https://developers.google.com/style/}} — provides a set of editorial guidelines for anyone writing developer documentation for Google-related projects
• The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors, by Francis DeRespinis, Peter Hayward, Jana Jenkins, Amy Laird, Leslie McDonald, and Eric Radzinski for IBM Press{{cite book |last=DeRespinis |first=Francis |url= https://www.informit.com/store/ibm-style-guide-conventions-for-writers-and-editors-9780132101301 |title=The IBM Style Guide: Conventions for Writers and Editors |date=2011 |publisher=IBM Press |isbn=9780132101301}}
• Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors, by Michelle Carey, Moira McFadden Lanyi, Deirdre Longo, Eric Radzinski, Shannon Rouiller and Elizabeth Wilde for IBM Press{{cite book |last=Carey |first=Michelle |url=https://www.informit.com/store/developing-quality-technical-information-a-handbook-9780133119008 |title=Developing Quality Technical Information: A Handbook for Writers and Editors |edition=3rd |date=2014 |publisher=IBM Press |isbn=9780133119008}}
• Mailchimp Content Style Guide, published online by Mailchimp{{Cite web |last=Mailchimp |title=Mailchimp content style guide |url=https://styleguide.mailchimp.com/}}
• Microsoft Writing Style Guide, published online by the Microsoft Corporation{{cite web |publisher=Microsoft |title=Microsoft Writing Style Guide |url= https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/style-guide/}}
• MongoDB Documentation Style Guide, published by MongoDB{{Cite web|last=MongoDB|title=MongoDB documentation style guide|url= https://docs.mongodb.com/meta/style-guide/}}
• Mozilla Writing Style Guide, published online by Mozilla{{cite web |author1=Mozilla |title=Mozilla Writing Style Guide |url= https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/Contribute/Guidelines/Writing_style_guide}}
• Read Me First!: A Style Guide for the Computer Industry, by Sun Technical Publications{{cite book |author1=Sun Technical Publications |url= https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16011589W/Read_me_first!?edition=readmefirststyle3rdedunse |title=Read me first!: A style guide for the computer industry |edition=3rd |date=2010 |publisher=Prentice Hall |isbn=9780137058266}}
• Red Hat Technical Writing Style Guide, published online by Red Hat{{Cite web |publisher=Red Hat |title=Red Hat Style Guide |url= https://stylepedia.net/ |website=Stylepedia.net}}
• Salesforce Style Guide for Documentation and User Interface Text, published online by Salesforce{{Cite web |publisher=Salesforce |title=Salesforce style guide for documentation and user interface text |url= https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.salesforce_pubs_style_guide.meta/salesforce_pubs_style_guide/overview.htm}}
• The Splunk Style Guide, published online by Splunk{{Cite web |url= https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/StyleGuide/current/StyleGuide/Howtouse |title=Welcome to the Splunk Style Guide - Splunk Documentation |website=Docs.Splunk.com |access-date=3 December 2019}}
• SUSE Documentation Style Guide, published online by SUSE{{Cite web |last=SUSE |title=SUSE documentation style guide |url= https://documentation.suse.com/style/current/single-html/docu_styleguide/}}
• Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age, by Constance Hale and Jessie Scanlon for Wired

• The Chicago Manual of Style, by the University of Chicago Press
• Words into Type, by Marjorie E. Skillin and Robert M. Gay

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• Citation
• Diction
• Documentation
• Disputed usage
• English writing style
• Grammar
• Prescription and description
• Punctuation
• Sentence spacing in language and style guides
• Spelling
• Style guide
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; General use of style guides

; American English

: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080702054147/http://exlibris.memphis.edu/instr/style.htm Style Manuals & Guides] listed by the University of Memphis Libraries (updated page [https://web.archive.org/web/20120824012722/http://www.memphis.edu/libraries/help/style.php Style Manuals]).

: [http://www.bartleby.com/usage/ Bartleby Searchable Usage Guides].

; U.S. government publications

: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090601171614/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/browse.html U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual].

; British English

: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120227003642/http://www2.media.uoa.gr/lectures/linguistic_archives/academic_papers0506/notes/stylesheets_3.pdf BBC News Style Guide].

: [http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/ Economist.com Style Guide].

: [https://www.theguardian.com/styleguide The Guardian Stylebook].

; Canadian English

: [http://www.yorku.ca/yorkweb/standards/language/index.html York University Style Guide] – Adapts CP Stylebook for university student use.

; Australian English

: [https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/ Style Manual: For Authors, Editors and Printers] - online version of the Australian Government manual

: [https://about.abc.net.au/abc-editorial/the-abc-style-guide/ The ABC Style Guide] - the style guide of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

; International organizations

: [http://www.ianphi.org/uploads/resources/who_style-guide.pdf WHO English Style Guide]{{dead link |date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

: [http://publications.europa.eu/code/en/en-000100.htm EU Interinstitutional Style Guide].

: [https://ec.europa.eu/info/files/english-resources-english-style-guide_en English Style Guide] ("A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission" – executive branch of the European Union.)

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; Academia

: [http://www.library.cornell.edu/resrch/citmanage Citation Management] Online research tutorial to documentation style guides from Cornell University Libraries.

: [https://web.archive.org/web/20031205053139/http://www.calstatela.edu/library/styleman.htm "Style Manuals & Writing Guides"] from the California State University, Los Angeles Library.

;Medical journals

: [https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/uniform_requirements.html ICJME Uniform Requirements: Sample References].

: [http://www.icmje.org/ International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICJME)] Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (Updated February 2006).

; Scientific journals

: [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/notesstylec.pdf Advances in Physics - Style Guide] for Physics journal published by Taylor & Francis Group (Taylor & Francis journals).

: [http://www.nature.com/authors/author_resources/how_write.html Writing for a Nature journal] for Nature.

: [http://www.pensiero.it/strumenti/pdf/Diskettes.pdf The Lancet: Formatting Guidelines for Authors]: Formatting Guidelines for Electronic Submission of Revised Manuscripts.

; WWW

: [http://www.osnews.com/files/osnews_style_guide.pdf OSNews Style Guide:] Rules and Guidelines for Publishing and Participating on OSNews, by T. Holwerda. OSNews, 2007.

: [http://www.webstyleguide.com/ Web Style Guide], 2nd ed., by Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton.

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