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==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==
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*''Chicago Manual of Style'' This is the best known style guide. It is produced by the University of Chicago Press.
 
*''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary''. CMOS gives this dictionary as its preferred spelling authority. The printed edition includes geography and biography sections not available in the free online version.
 
*''Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary''. CMOS gives this dictionary as its preferred spelling authority. The printed edition includes geography and biography sections not available in the free online version.
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*''Merriam-Webster's Geographic Dictionary''. Recommended by CMOS for the spelling of place names. ''Britannica'' follows the same style as this book. In fact, the material on ''Britannica''’s site is likely to be more carefully edited, more comprehensive, and more up to date. (This book was last updated in 1997.)
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*''Merriam-Webster's Geographic Dictionary'' (1997). Recommended by CMOS for the spelling of place names. ''Britannica'' also presents geography in CMOS style. In fact, the material on ''Britannica''’s site is likely to be more carefully edited, more comprehensive, and more up to date.
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*''Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary''. Recommended by CMOS for the spelling of personal names. The comments above regarding ''Britannica'' and geographic names are even more applicable to biographical names. MWBD was last updated in 1995 and is no longer in print.
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*''Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary'' (1995). Recommended by CMOS for the spelling of personal names. The comments above regarding ''Britannica'' and geographic names are even more applicable to biographical names. This book is no longer in print.
 
*''National Geographic Atlas of the World''. Recommended by AP.
 
*''National Geographic Atlas of the World''. Recommended by AP.
    
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