Writing
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Reference Books
The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing
International Directory of Little Magazines & Small Presses
International Literary Market Place
Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, & Literary Agents
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory
Magazines and Journals at the Library
- The library owns literally thousands of magazines and newspapers in print, microfiche, microfilm, and electronic formats. These magazines are located in the Reading Room, our Youth Services Department, the Grand Rapids History and Special Collections Department, and our Retrieval Desk at the Main library, as well as at each of our branches.
- Search our catalog for specific titles.
- Search our databases for full-text articles and citations from thousands more magazines and newspapers. Check MeL (the Michigan Electronic Library) to find out if a magazine's full-text articles are included in a database.
- Below are lists of the current newspapers and magazines we have in the Reading Room at the Main Library.
Local Groups
Grand Rapids Regional Romance Writers of America
Grand Rapids Writer's Exchange
Web Resources
- Chicago Manual of Style Citation Quick Guide Need help citing that book or blog, this quick guide provides the Chicago-Style know-how.
- Economist.com's Style Guide A helpful guide for journalistic writing.
- Google Directory for Writers Resources Find links to various writing-related websites.
- Literary Market Place Online directory of the book publishing industry. Includes some free information as well as subscriber information.
- OWL at Purdue An excellent resource for all writers. Especially helpful is their MLA formatting guide and their APA formatting guide.
- Poets & Writers Includes P&W's catalog, news,literary links, job bank, readings and workshops. This site provides some free information as well as information available only through subscription.
- Proofreaders' Marks Here's a helpful chart explaining some of those editorial red marks.
- Suite101: Reading and Writing A good place for finding articles and courses for the beginning writer.
- The Writer's Almanac Learn a little literary history and listen to Garrison Keillor read a daily poem.
- Writing World Contains hundreds of articles filled with tips and techniques about writing.








