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The following books are meant to provide assistance with developing style, grammar, and good writing habits.

There are many additional books on this topic, and this list makes no claims on being exclusive or complete.

Houghton Mifflin Company. (2003). Roget's II: The New Thesaurus. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED -- Harvard ID and PIN required to access.)
Roget, P.M. (1998). Roget's Thesaurus. London: Penguin Books.
Roget's International Thesaurus. (2001). New York: HarperResource.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (LION -- Literature Online -- Harvard ID and PIN required to access.)

American Heritage® Book of English Usage. (1996/2000). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Fowler, H.W. (2002). The King's English. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Truss, L. (2006). Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. New York: Gotham Books.
Wilson, K.G. (1993/2001). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. New York: Columbia University Press.

American Psychological Association. (2001). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th edition. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
The Chicago Manual of Style. (2003). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Concordia University Libraries' Citation and Style Guides
Gibaldi, J. (2003). MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th edition. New York: Modern Language Association of America.
Strunk, W., White, E.B., & Angell, R. (2000). The Elements of Style. 4th edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Turabian, K.L. (2007). A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers. 7th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Using RefWorks, EndNote, and Other Citation Tools

Burg, B., Gilroy, S., Heath, K., Herron, J., Jehn, T., Orbán, K., et al. (2007). Writing with Internet Resources. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Center for Expository Writing.
Harvey, G. (2008). Writing with Sources (2nd Ed.). Indianapolis: Hackett.
Harvey, M. (2003). The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing. Indianapolis: Hackett.
O'Brien, E., Rosenzweig, J., and Sommers, N. (2004). Making the Most of College Writing: A Guide for Freshmen. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Center for Expository Writing.
Silvia, P.J. (2007). How to Write a Lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Zinsser, W.K. (2006). On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction. New York: Collins.