*''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''. This is the most widely used and authoritative of the Merriam-Webster dictionaries. The printed edition includes geography and biography sections not available in the free online version.
*''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary'' (1997). Recommended by CMOS for the spelling of place names. It represents material culled from ''Britannica'', which is published by the same company. You can access the same information through ''Britannica''’s website, which is more up-to-date.
*''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 here since this book is no longer in print.
*''National Geographic Atlas of the World''. Recommended by AP.
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