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Online resources
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Creating first-rate documents for the Web

gooddocuments.com
A Web site that discusses how to create good business documents in the linked, on-screen environment of Intranets and the Internet.
useit.com
Jakob Neilsen’s Web usability site.
towson
Editing for the Web.

Creating first-rate documents

inkspot.com
A writer’s resource.
eeicommunications.com
The Eye is a resource for writers, editors, designers, project managers, communications specialists, and everyone else who cares about contemporary publishing practices.
webster
A guide to grammar and writing.

Print resources

Improving your writing

Cook, Claire Kehrwald. Line by Line: How to Improve Your Own Writing. Modern Language Association. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1985.

Jacobi, Peter P. The Magazine Article: How to Think It, Plan It, Write It. Bloomington, Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1991.

Johnson, Edward D. The Handbook of Good English: A Comprehensive, Easy-to-Use Guide to Modern Grammar, Punctuation, Usage, and Style. New York: Washington Square Press, 1991.

Taylor, Priscilla S. and Mary T. Stoughton, eds. The Great Grammar Challenge. Alexandria, Virginia: EEI Press, 1997.

Style guides and dictionaries

Friend, David, Julia Keeler, Dan Liebman and Fraser Sutherland, eds. ITP Nelson Canadian Dictionary of the English Language. Scarborough, Ontario: ITP Nelson, 1997.

Mish, Frederick C., ed. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. 10th edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1996.

Tasko, Patti, ed. The Canadian Press Stylebook: A Guide for Writers and Editors. 11th edition. Toronto: The Canadian Press, 1999.

The Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers. 14th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Design

Toor, Marcelle Lapow. Graphic Design on the Desktop: A Guide for the Non-Designer. Second edition. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998.

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