Online resources
Links :: Organisational friends :: Other relevant organisations
ReferenceChecker is a sophisticated reference-checking program for name+date-style (Harvard and APA) references in Word files. The site contains a download section where users can download a free, fully functional 30-day trial version.
Amazon.com
The Earth's Biggest Bookstore! Whether you're buying or simply checking bibliographic details, it's worth a look.
Chicago Manual of Style FAQ
Questions and answers on issues of (American) style from the people at the University of Chicago Press.
Copyediting-l Style FAQ Index
A list of questions and answers drawn from postings to the Copyediting-l mailing list (an American mailing list for editors).
Editalk
‘Electronic communication technology offers a fantastic opportunity to regenerate a sense of community for editors, and Editalk has the potential to become a lively forum for advice, for debate, for the exchange of information—an extended dialogue and collective mentor.’ (From the website.)
Editorial Eye
A sampler of articles originally printed in The Editorial Eye (USA), a 12-page monthly newsletter ‘for writers, editors, designers, project managers, communications specialists, and everyone else who cares about contemporary publishing practices’.
Editorium
Editorium deals specifically with using Microsoft Word for editing. Visit the site to subscribe to the weekly newsletter.
Electric Editors
‘If you're a professional editor (or anyone with an interest in preparing the written word for publication), the Electric Editors are here to help. On these pages you'll find a comprehensive collection of resources to help you in your work.’ (From the website.)
Among its many attractions, this site offers (free) subscriptions to three electronic mailing lists, allowing you to discuss matters of interest with other editors:
Copy Editors
Workshops, newsletter and job opportunities in the USA.
Macquarie Dictionary
Through this service you can search the complete and latest version of the Macquarie Dictionary.
Merriam-Webster Online
A useful resource if you happen to be editing something written in American English. As well as being able to search the WWWebster Dictionary and WWWebster Thesaurus, there are lots of other goodies for linguaphiles, including: Word of the Day and Word Game (both of which can be subscribed to as mailing lists), How a Word Gets in the Dictionary, and a Brief Look at the History of English.
National Library of Australia
A good starting point for finding reliable information on the web. The offerings fall into two main categories:
- links to other Internet resources on a wide range of topics ('Electronic Australiana'; Australian electronic publications; official sites hosted by Australian governments and governments around the world)
- access to the entire library catalogue of more than 2.2 million records.
The Technical Editors' Eyrie
An informative website designed for technical editors. It is produced by Jean Hollis Weber, a Queensland editor with more than 20 years experience. It includes many relevant links, including online and email versions of Jean's occasional newsletter, the Technical Editors' Eyrie Newsletter.
Wired Style
‘Wired Style began as a single sheet of paper onto which copy editors at Wired magazine recorded every style conundrum they came upon while combing through the copy at the future-friendly magazine. Soon it became a computer file containing a growing A to Z list. Then it became a book, Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age (HardWired, 1996). Then it became this website—an ongoing, dynamic, open-to-the public space where the contents of the book are debated and updated.’ (From the website.)
Yale Web Style Guide
A style guide for websites, produced by the Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media. (Can be downloaded as a PDF file.) Includes sections on Interface Design, Site Design, Page Design, Web Graphics, and Web Multimedia and Animation.
Punctuation
How has a book on punctuation become a bestseller? John Mullan talks to Eats, Shoots and Leaves author Lynne Truss in the Guardian about commas, hyphens and the importance of correct colon usage.
Macquarie University Style Council
The Style Council Centre was established in 1992 under a grant from Language Australia (NLLIA) to research and publish information about the English language in Australia. It builds databases of spoken and written Australian English, of Aboriginal English, and conducts surveys on points of language where Australians diverge from Britains and Americans. It conducts regular conferences, on the state of the language (known as Style Councils), and publishes their proceedings. |
