Florida Citation Guides
- Florida Style Manual (Florida State University Law Review)"designed to aid practitioners and scholars in the proper use of citation form for legal documents and scholarly articles. The Manual supplements the uniform citation system for Florida legal documents, Rule 9.800, Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the standard citation authority for American legal journals, The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (18th edition)."
Blue Book
- The Bluebook: A Uniform System of CitationCall Number: UCF Downtown Campus Reference -- KF 245 .B58ch4ck availability
"Compiled by the editors of the Columbia Law Review, the Harvard Law Review, the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, and the Yale Law Journal."
- Bluebook Legal Citation System Guide (Harvard Law School Library)includes some training videos
Other Citation Resources
- Citing & Accessing U.S. Law (blog)"Occasional observations concerning the citation of and access to U.S. legal texts"
Grammar & Writing
UCF University Writing Center provides helpful handouts on grammar and punctuation, including: avoiding sexist language, bare minimum grammar, dashes & parentheses, five uncommonly serious mistakes, five easy comma rules, how to choose articles, the known-new contract, mastering prepositions, the paramedic method, passive voice Q&A, punctuation hierarchies & sentence patterns, and the semi-colon
InfoWrite (Gale Cengage Learning)
(NOTE: The UCF Library provides access to many InfoTrac databases)
- Research and the Research Paper
- Grammar
- The Writing Process
- Special Kinds of Writing
- Modes of Expression
- Critical Thinking
Other Resources:
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)"We offer free resources including Writing and Teaching Writing, Research, Grammar and Mechanics, Style Guides, ESL (English as a Second Language), and Job Search and Professional Writing."
English as a Second Language:
- Mango Languages
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