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Population Studies Research Guide
Writing Guide

Most disciplines adopt a particular style guide. Style guides can include information on formatting papers and articles for academic purposes or publication, citation style, grammar, spelling, capitalization, and other writing preferences.

Citation Styles

Scholars in Population Studies favor the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Ref BF76.7 .P83 2001).

Grammar and Style

The Elements of Style, William Strunk, Jr. 1999. (Ref PE 1408 .S772 2000)
Succinctly explains basic rules on writing style, form, composition, capitalization, spelling, and grammar.

The Online English Grammar, Anthony Hughes
Provides many details of English grammar.

Oxford Reference Online
Contains a large group of English language reference tools covering usage, style, grammar, language, and etymology.

 

 
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