Library Guides: ENGL 302: Business Communication: Style Manuals and Books about Business Writing

Style Manuals

Formal business writing generally uses the American Psychological Association (APA) Style Guide, but the Chicago Manual of Style is also used. Journals may have their own specific styles.

APA Formatting and Style Guide, from Purdue University
The OWL program at Purdue has some excellent instructional guides, among them this guide to APA explaining and showing examples for formatting a research paper and citation styles.
Business Writing Resources
From Global-EDGE at Michigan State University. Reviewed resources on business writing.
Creative Commons Licensing
Need a photograph or other media for your presentation? Use items with a creative commons license that allows for reuse!
OWL @ Purdue
The Online Writing Lab at Purdue University has an excellent collection of resources on all aspects of writing.

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
The online version of the classic writing style guide used primarily in the social sciences and humanities. Access is for the 17th edition (2017).

Where to find Business Communication Books

Books related to business communications can be found under these subjects and classes. Clicking on the subject will search library holdings and return a list of relevant books. Many titles are available as ebooks.

Business communication CLASS: HF5717-HF5734.5	Business presentations CLASS: HF5717-HF5734.5
Business writing CLASS: HF5717-HF5734.5	Commercial correspondence CLASS: HF5717-HF5734.5
Proposal writing in business CLASS: HF5717-HF5734.5	Business report writing CLASS: HF5717-HF5734.5
Business etiquette CLASS: HF5389-HF5389.3	Communication in management CLASS: HD30.3
English language - Business English CLASS: PE1115 and PE1479