References and Resources

We created this guide with lots of help from our favorite best-practice resources, both on the web and in print.

Style Guides for Government

• Federal Plain Language Guidlines
• GOV.UK Content Design Guide
• 18F Content Guide

Usability

• Nielsen Norman Group
• Usability.gov
• Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug

Content

• Letting Go of the Words by Ginny Reddish
• Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose by Nicole Fenton and Katie Kiefer Lee
• Sin and Syntax by Constance Hale
• Content Strategy for the Web by Kristina Halvorson and Melissa Rach

Grammar and Style

• AP Stylebook (requires subscription)
• Grammar Girl