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In the seven years since the previous edition debuted, we have seen an extraordinary evolution in the way we create and share knowledge. This seventeenth edition of The Chicago Manual of Style has been prepared with an eye toward how we find, create, and cite information that readers are as likely to access from their pockets as from a bookshelf. It offers updated guidelines on electronic workflows and publication formats, tools for PDF annotation and citation management, web accessibility standards, and effective use of metadata, abstracts, and keywords. It recognizes the needs of those who are self-publishing or following open access or Creative Commons publishing models. The citation chapters reflect the ever-expanding universe of electronic sources--including social media posts and comments, private messages, and app content--and also offer updated guidelines on such issues as DOIs, time stamps, and e-book locators. --… (more)
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
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LibraryThing member spacecommuter
When I bought this book in college, I wrote on the inside cover, "Sometimes the Chicago Manual of Style is all that stands between me and the swirling chaos of cluttered thoughts. Please return to..."
And it's still true!
And it's still true!
LibraryThing member DawnFinley
The most comprehensive style manual on the market. Why more publications and instructors don't use it is a mystery to me. Chicago style creates a far more clean, more readable, more streamlined manuscript than the ever-popular MLA manual. If you have a choice, choose Chicago.
LibraryThing member datrappert
I love this book. First, I just browsed a bit, and as a language lover, I found every page interesting. Then, I put it to the test. Does it tell you not to split an infinitive? NO! Of course not. English isn't Latin, and furthermore, it gives great examples of when you must split an infinitive for
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your sentence to make sense. The same holds for the ridiculous rule of not putting a preposition at the end of a sentence. Great advice there as well. I now feel confident turning to this book for tricky questions of grammar and punctuation, or just to pass way a few minutes reading it for enjoyment. So far, the lengthy index has made what I was looking for easy to find. Show Less
LibraryThing member Harmless_Dilettante
Painfully expensive at $55, but the authoritative text on punctuation, type, and about a thousand other nit picky details. It’s an indispensible reference volume for OCD novice authors like me.
LibraryThing member MeditationesMartini
Oh Chicago Manual, I love the robust narratological power of your footnote-based citation method, but I hate the way you try to be a copyeditor's handbook and publishing guide too, because it makes it way worse to find what I need. Also, too many clickthroughs. And title pages blow on papers. And,
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paid content? Seriously? Still, you are as far as I know the only one of your kind, and certainly your absence would be missed more than that of either of MLA or APA (but not both). Show Less
LibraryThing member jcwords
An indispensable, enjoyable reference that is never far from my desk. It's authoritative and even rather funny in spots. Can you really be a good editor without it? I doubt it!
LibraryThing member iubookgirl
The audience for this particular reference is given in the volume’s subtitle. The Chicago Manual of Style provides a reference source for writers, editors and publishers. In fact, the Manual calls itself the “essential reference for all who work with words” (dust jacket). The fourteenth
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edition claims to be easier to use than its predecessors due to several changes intended to make the text more systematic, inclusive, reflective of contemporary usage, and accessible. Among these changes is the inclusion of a greater number and variety of examples. Major revisions include the recognition of the major role computers now play in the publishing industry and the chapters on documentation. The documentation chapters have been streamlined to make them easier for readers to use. In addition to rule revisions, the Manual has extended its section on the parts of the book, recognizing its increased use as a publishing reference. While the volume begins with a comprehensive table of contents, each chapter has its own table of contents. The book is organized by topic and rules are found in the tables of contents and index not by page number but by section and paragraph number (ie.13.6). The Chicago Manual of Style also provides users with guide words, a glossary of technical terms, bibliography, and an extensive index with cross-references to aid in the access of information. Show Less
LibraryThing member dustuck
I left India in August of 1987, having lived there for four years. It was two weeks from the end of my Embassy assignment, and the only task left was to create an index for a celebratory coffee-table book on Indo-US relations. The manuscript was finally complete and I had convinced my colleagues
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that it needed an index. That meant I was “selected” to index the 120 page book. I had never indexed anything in my life, but as a librarian, I felt it would not be that hard, and besides, the computer people promised me they would give me a print-out of all the key terms in the book. My family had departed for the States, my former house now occupied by my replacement, and I had a room in a hotel. All I had to do was complete an index, and then join my family. It took me several hours of mucking about with the print-out to realize it was not useful in indexing. The USIS library there had a Chicago Manual of Style and I have never been so thankful in my life for its step-by-step advice on how to index a book. In those days, it was all done with handwritten terms on cards. The indexing chapter was spectacularly didactic, with illustrations and step-by-step commands. From dawn to late at night, I worked my way through the manuscript, and 60-some hours later, presented my boss with my first index. The book was printed, my boss gave the book to his boss, the Ambassador (who had dreamed up the idea) and the Ambassador gave the book to his friends in the Indian government. I flew home. Show Less
LibraryThing member msmalnick
Can't really be an editor (which I am) without this little treasure trove. In the U.S., anyway.
LibraryThing member jianlyn
Nicely organized writing manual on the Chicago writing style
LibraryThing member wfzimmerman
I chose this as my standard style reference. They have an interesting online option now but I am not willing to convert something that costs me $0 a yeart to something that costs me $25 a year.
LibraryThing member PointedPundit
If you work with words, this is a reference book you must own. If you work with words on a computer, The CD-ROM version of the 15th edition is a must.
Publishing has changed dramatically and the Manual has changed with it. The editors promise that every aspect of their coverage has been examined
The CD-ROM version, I am told, is great. Searches are easy.
Updated approximately once a decade, the 15th edition is the most significant revision I can remember.There is a new chapter on American Grammar usage and usage. Design and manufacturing coverage has been streamlined to reflect current procedures.
If you are looking for clear, concise advice, the 15th edition is reference stylebook on CD-ROM is for you.
Penned by the Pointed Pundit
March 19, 2008
3:14:32 PM
Publishing has changed dramatically and the Manual has changed with it. The editors promise that every aspect of their coverage has been examined
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and updated. In addition to books, the Manual also provides guidelines for journals and electronic publications.The CD-ROM version, I am told, is great. Searches are easy.
Updated approximately once a decade, the 15th edition is the most significant revision I can remember.There is a new chapter on American Grammar usage and usage. Design and manufacturing coverage has been streamlined to reflect current procedures.
If you are looking for clear, concise advice, the 15th edition is reference stylebook on CD-ROM is for you.
Penned by the Pointed Pundit
March 19, 2008
3:14:32 PM
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LibraryThing member scottknitter
Besides having all the answers for editors who edit for organizations that require Chicago style, this is a tremendously sexy book, with that distinctive hot orange cover and good heft. I just like holding it.
LibraryThing member DarthDeverell
The Chicago Manual of Style: Seventeenth Edition presents the current formatting and citation style used in history writing. While much of the material has appeared elsewhere online, specifically the citation guidelines, the book itself is a necessary resource for all who study and write history as
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it includes, perhaps most importantly, William S. Strong’s guide to rights, permissions, and copyright administration – an invaluable resource in a time when an increasing amount of scholarship occurs online in formats of nebulous official copyright. Other guides include those focusing on grammar, which helps to answer questions about the usage of “a” and “an,” particularly as they relate to new shorthands and terms of the digital age. Overall, this is a must-read for all who seek to write history. Show Less
LibraryThing member ArcticLlama
The most comprehensive and authoritative English grammar manual available. It's for work, not for fun :)
LibraryThing member aethercowboy
The Chicago Manual of style, or at least, the third edition, has several aspects to it. The major aspect is the titular aspect. That is to say: style.
Punctuation, justification, everythingification, you name it! If it involves putting words on a page aesthetically, the Manual's got you
Another aspect of the CMS is its handy use as a reference guide, particularly to the likes of copy editors, and other who may find themselves doing copy editing, but unwilling to actually call themselves "copy editors."
Further, the third edition (I am unaware if this is still the case) has several textual samples of different styles, so you have a better idea of how things look on a page.
If you're going to be a writer, especially if you're doing WYSIWYG-style editing, or if you're going to do editing of any kind, I recommend at least getting ONE style guide. If you're gung-ho, though, get a bunch, and make sure that CMS is one of those bunch.
Punctuation, justification, everythingification, you name it! If it involves putting words on a page aesthetically, the Manual's got you
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covered.Another aspect of the CMS is its handy use as a reference guide, particularly to the likes of copy editors, and other who may find themselves doing copy editing, but unwilling to actually call themselves "copy editors."
Further, the third edition (I am unaware if this is still the case) has several textual samples of different styles, so you have a better idea of how things look on a page.
If you're going to be a writer, especially if you're doing WYSIWYG-style editing, or if you're going to do editing of any kind, I recommend at least getting ONE style guide. If you're gung-ho, though, get a bunch, and make sure that CMS is one of those bunch.
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LibraryThing member Fledgist
Essential tool for academic writers.
LibraryThing member ichadwick
A classic. The bible of style guides.
LibraryThing member tuckerresearch
One of my professors once told me that this was the "bible for historians," and for anyone in the humanities in general, it is indispensable. It is at once a style guide, a sort of thesaurus, and a manual for writing term papers, theses, dissertations, and books. Sure, Turabian distills this book
As a historian who works on maps, I am still angry that Chicago does not treat them as a source, just illustrations. (Which means Turabian denigrates them, but at least mentions them, and says to put them in quotes, like an article, instead of italics, like a book.) But, I digress. After a few hours of browsing through this book I think it is a good update, more examples, more citations from internet sources, etc.
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(and the sin of the latest Turabian is that in a misguided attempt to appeal to more people, they've added a parenthetical reference system to the footnote system she popularized), but sometimes you must turn to the Chicago for more information. As a historian who works on maps, I am still angry that Chicago does not treat them as a source, just illustrations. (Which means Turabian denigrates them, but at least mentions them, and says to put them in quotes, like an article, instead of italics, like a book.) But, I digress. After a few hours of browsing through this book I think it is a good update, more examples, more citations from internet sources, etc.
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LibraryThing member SoonerCatholic
The utility of this reference book is dubious given the proliferation of online citation guides, but then may I haven't been require to write many papers requiring Chicago style.
LibraryThing member anndouglas
"The rules" for authors -- grammar, punctuation, clunky usage, and avoiding politically incorrect language. This edition is now outdated, so spring for the 15th edition.
LibraryThing member tuckerresearch
One of my professors once told me that this was the "bible for historians," and for anyone in the humanities in general, it is indispensable. It is at once a style guide, a sort of thesaurus, and a manual for writing term papers, theses, dissertations, and books. Sure, Turabian distills this book
As a historian who works on maps, I am still angry that Chicago does not treat them as a source, just illustrations. (Which means Turabian denigrates them, but at least mentions them, and says to put them in quotes, like an article, instead of italics, like a book.) But, I digress. After a few hours of browsing through this book I think it is a good update, more examples, more citations from internet sources, etc.
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(and the sin of the latest Turabian is that in a misguided attempt to appeal to more people, they've added a parenthetical reference system to the footnote system she popularized), but sometimes you must turn to the Chicago for more information. As a historian who works on maps, I am still angry that Chicago does not treat them as a source, just illustrations. (Which means Turabian denigrates them, but at least mentions them, and says to put them in quotes, like an article, instead of italics, like a book.) But, I digress. After a few hours of browsing through this book I think it is a good update, more examples, more citations from internet sources, etc.
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1906 (1st edition)
1982 (13th edition)
2010 (16th edition)
2017 (17th edition)
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0226104036 / 9780226104034