Writing and Research Tips
Formatting Friday #1: The Importance of Proper Formatting
25th August 2022
Welcome to our new blog series, Formatting Friday! Every Friday, we’ll be looking at a topic in formatting.Formatting Friday: The Chicago Manual of Style
25th August 2022
Another one of the main types of formatting styles used by our clients is Chicago, or The Chicago Manual of Style, abbreviated as CMoS or CMS.Formatting Friday: Turabian
25th August 2022
Kate L. Turabian was the dissertation secretary at the graduate school at the University of Chicago from 1930 – 1958, in addition to being the editor of official publications of the University.Formatting Friday: ASA Basics
25th August 2022
ASA (American Sociological Association) style is typically used in the field of sociology to help students and authors prepare papers and manuscripts for ASA journals and other publications.Formatting Friday: AP Style
25th August 2022
AP style, not to be confused with APA, is the style used in The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, commonly known as the AP Stylebook.Formatting Friday: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
25th August 2022
IEEE might not be one of the more immediately recognizable formatting styles, but it’s widely used in the fields of computer science and engineering.Formatting Friday: Vancouver
25th August 2022
The Vancouver system, commonly referred to as simply Vancouver, is formally known as the Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals, or the ICMJE Recommendations.Formatting Friday: Introduction to OSCOLA
25th August 2022
We don’t get requests for this formatting style often, but we’ve gotten it enough times to think it warrants a mention: OSCOLA, or the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities.Formatting Friday: Putting Tables into your Dissertation
25th August 2022
Visual aids like tables and figures can provide the reader with necessary information quickly and clearly, but if you have too many unnecessary tables or figures, they can interrupt the flow of the paper and become an annoying distraction to the reader.Formatting Friday: Intro to American Medical Association formatting
25th August 2022
Many clients of ours are working on scholarly articles for health or medical journals, and sometimes these journals specify that they require AMA style.
Formatting Friday: MLA Style
25th August 2022
If you’re studying the humanities, especially subjects like Comp Lit, criticism, or English, you’re probably familiar with MLA style.
Formatting Friday: The Background on Bluebook
25th August 2022
While the majority of our clients use APA style or Chicago/Turabian (don't worry, we’ll get to that style on the blog, we promise!), we have a considerable client base that uses Bluebook style for formatting.
Formatting Friday: What is APA Style?
25th August 2022
Different disciplines use different formatting styles, which can be confusing. Education and the social sciences typically use APA (American Psychological Association) Style.
