LibGuides: Libraries House Style Guide: Grammar

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In lists of 3 or more items, use the Oxford comma! (That's the comma that comes right before the "and," "or," etc. in lists of 3 or more.)

No:	Yes:
Managing Your References: EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero	Managing Your References: EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero

Use a single-space after periods.

No:	Yes:
I learned to use a double-space in high school. That's no longer the prevailing practice on the web!	I learned to use a double-space in high school. That's no longer the prevailing practice on the web!

Use sentence case for news story headlines, guide and web page titles, LibGuide box titles,etc

Capitalize only the first word unless the title includes a proper name/noun, a formal title, and/or a date.
If a news story title is made up of two sentences or joined with a colon, capitalize after the punctuation (Example: "OA research in the news: A unique neuroanatomy lesson" OR "It’s back! BLC online borrowing returns").