To help make all University communications coherent and effective, the staff in University Publications has produced this style guide. The guidelines listed here, unless specified, refer to narrative text; additional abbreviations are allowable in charts, tables and lists in columns.

On matters not addressed in this booklet, we defer to the Chicago Manual of Style for general writing, editing and publishing guidelines, and to the Associated Press Stylebook for common practices in journalistic writing. Our preferred dictionary is the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, though any standard dictionary will offer authoritative assistance with spelling and vocabulary.

For assistance with spelling proper names of prominent individuals, corporations or trademarks, the World Wide Web can be a valuable resource. However, always be careful when consulting Web sources to choose sites most likely to provide reliably accurate and authoritative information. For example, when seeking proper spelling and usage of names of Microsoft products, the Microsoft website is the most reliable resource.

If you have specific questions about style or usage not covered in this guide, refer them to the Publications Department editor at 7-2612.