Writing Handbooks and Style Manuals

American Political Science Association.  Committee on Publications. 2001. Style Manual for Political Science.  Rev. ed. Washington, D.C: American Political Science Association.
MSEL GEN REF JA86.A52 2001

Chicago Manual of Style. 2003.  15th ed. Chicag University of Chicago Press.
MSEL GEN REF Z253.U69 2003
See als Examples of Chicago Style documentation (This site also provides an keyword searchable index to the print publication.  You can register to search the index and receive e-mail updates about the Manual.)

Galvan, Jose L.  1999.  Writing Literature Reviews:  A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences.  Los Angeles, CA:  Pyrzcak.
MSEL GEN REF H61.8 G3 1999x Quarto

Glatthorn, Allan A and Randy L. Joyner. 2005.  Writing the Winning Thesis or Dissertation:  A Step-by-Step Guide.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Corwin Press.
MSEL Stacks LB2369 .G56 2005 

Hart, Chris. 1998.  Doing a Literature Review:  Releasing the Social Science Research Imagination.  London:  Sage Publications.
MSEL GEN REF H62 .H2566 1998

Lipson, Charles. 2005.  How to Write a BA Thesis:  A Practical Guide from Your First Ideas to Your Finished Paper.  Chicag  University of Chicago Press.
MSEL GEN REF LB2369 .L54 2005

Martin, Fenton S.  2001.  Getting Published in Political Science Journals:  A Guide for Authors, Editors and Librarians.  5th ed.  Washington, D.C.:  American Political Science Association.
MSEL GEN REF JA86 .M37 2001 Quarto
A guide to 121 journals in political science that identities each journal's field(s) of specialization and web addresses, procedures for manuscript review and the number of manuscripts received and published.

RefWorks.
A web-based citation manager that allows you to organize your citations and create bibliographies in a variety of styles.  JHED ID and password required.

Roberts, Carol M.  The Dissertation Journey:  A Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Planning, Writing, and Defending Your Dissertation.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Corwin Press, 2004.
MSEL Stacks LB1742 .R63 2004

Schmidt, Diane E.  2000.  Writing in Political Science:  A Practical Guide.  2nd ed.  New York:  Longman. 
MSEL GEN REF JA86 .S36 2000

Scott, Gregory M. and Stephen E. Garrison.  2001.  The Political Science Student Writer's Manual.  4th ed.  Upper Saddle River, NJ:  Pearson Education, Inc. 
MSEL GEN REF JA86 .S39 2001

Silbergh, David M.  Doing Dissertations in Politics:  A Student Guide.  New York: Routledge, 2001.
MSEL GEN REF JA86 .S36 2000

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