Bibliography
Works recommended by Cheryl Stephens.
Go here for books on Plain Legal
Language.
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General Writing Style: |
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The
Plain English Guide:
How to write clearly and communicate
better
Martin Cutts
Oxford University Press, 1995
ISBN 0-19-860049-6
For an entertaining review: If Austen did it, you can too
To order online from North America, OUP-USA
The Plain English
Approach to Business Writing
Edward P. Bailey Jr.
Oxford University Press, 1997
ISBN 0195115651
(plainword)
a game to teach word choice skill
National Literacy and Health Program Canadian Public
Health Association
400 - 1565 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R1
phone: 613-725-3769 fax: 613-725-9826
e-mail: hrc/cds@cpha.ca
Writing in Plain
English
Robert Eagleson
AGPS Press
Australian Government Publishing Service
GPO Box 84
Canberra, ACT 2601
Plain English at
Work
Edward P. Bailey Jr.
OUP-USA
Information from the publisher
How to create forms that get the job
done
Carolyn Boccella Bagin and Rich Bagin
Communications Briefings, 1993
700 Black Horse Pike, Suite 110, Blackwood, NJ 08012
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Bias-Free Writing: |
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The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary
of Gender-free Usage
Rosalie Maggio
Beacon Press
and, in the second edition,
The Bias-free Word Finder: A dictionary of non-discriminatory
language
The Handbook of Nonsexist Writings: For
Writers, Editors and Speakers
Casey Miller and Kate Swift
from Harper & Row
Gender-Free Legal Writing: Managing the
Personal Pronouns
Arthur L. Close, Q.C.
British Columbia Law Institute
An online resource:
http://www.bcli.org/pages/projects/genderfree/genderfree.html
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Government Writing Style: |
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Plain
Language: Clear and Simple
Multiculturalism and Citizenship
Minister of Supply and Services, Canada, 1991
15 Eddy Street, Room 2E2
Hull, QC K1A 1K5
for ordering information: Canada Communications Group
Writing in Government? Make it plain
language.
Government of Alberta
Alberta Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1991
20th Floor, 10025 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 3Z5, Canada
Communicating Without Bias: Guidelines
for Government
Government Services Ministry
Province of B.C.
A Writer's Toolkit: A Guide to
Effective Writing and Communication
Ministry of Forests
Province of B.C.
A Writer's Toolkit...
U.S. government plain English
site
Plain Language Action &
Information Network
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Useability Resources: |
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A
Practical Guide to Useability Testing
Janice Redish
Ablex Publishing Corp. (1993)
A Do-it-yourself Usability
Kit
a tutorial originally published in the
Journal of Technical Writing.
Jacob Nielsen's personal
advice
useit.com The
Usability Methods Toolbox
brief descriptions
of methods in use.
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Other Plain Language
Issues: |
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The
Gains from Clarity:
A research report on the effects of plain-language
documents
Gordon Mills, Mark Duckworth
Centre for Microeconomic Policy Analysis and Centre for Plain
Legal Language,
University of Sydney
Centre for Plain Legal Language
Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Plain English Writing Projects -
Some Issues, Guidelines and Implications
New South Wales Department of TAFE
Library Catalog, Labor Council of NSW
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