Why Use a Style Guide?
A style guide allows multiple content publishers to render their text, images, and colors consistently throughout the Web site in order to minimize distractions to the reader. The two best-known styles for trade publications are Associated Press (AP) and Chicago Manual of Style. Like most institutions, internal preferences lead to a hybrid style that may take from both AP and Chicago. For Web and electronic communication at the college, we largely rely on the Chicago Manual of Style [14th or 15th edition] and Webster’s New World College Dictionary. For scholarly research, faculty should use the style guide that is appropriate for their given area of study. How to Use This Style Guide This guide is divided into four sections: (1) a general overview of Web style guidelines, (2) writing for the Web, (3) an alphabetical list of style preferences, and (4) style preferences by subject area Questions or Comments Like most style guides, this guide is a work in progress. We continually strive f
