Editorial Style Guide
Foreword
The IIT Editorial Style Guide is meant to help everyone at Illinois Institute of Technology who writes or edits copy. This guide takes the guesswork out of writing according to the IIT standards. What is the preferred term? Which words do we capitalize? What conventions should we follow?
The guidelines stem from three main sources: (1) The Chicago Manual of Style, (2) IIT practices, preferences, and conventions, and (3) the judgment of a panel of staff and faculty.
Recommended resources for the study of correct usage include The Chicago Manual of Style , University of Chicago The Elements of Style , William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White.
In addition, most academic disciplines have their own style manual for publication in their professional journals: e.g., the Modern Language Association, Council of Biology Editors, the American Chemistry Style Guide, and the American Institute of Physics Style Manual.
For spelling, rely on any major desk dictionary and your computer’s spelling and grammar checker.
Items in the IIT Editorial Style Guide are arranged alphabetically. Several lists appear in the back:
- Academic major key
- Academic units of Illinois Institute of Technology
- Campuses of Illinois Institute of Technology
- Degrees offered, abbreviations
- Research centers
- State name abbreviations
- Supplementary resources and authorities
This guide will be periodically updated, with the changes and additions appearing in highlight for three months.
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