Pocket Keys for Writers allows you to find the information you need quickly and easily.

Color-Coded Pages Reflect the Book’s Organization

The red sections (Parts 1-3) cover "whole paper" issues such as the writing process and working with sources. Use them when you need information on

• Planning, organizing, revising, and editing
• Writing an essay, letter, resume, online article, or listserv posting
• Doing library research and finding material on the Web
• Formatting a document and citing your sources
  

The blue sections (Parts 4-7) cover "nuts and bolts" sentence-level concerns. Use them when you need information on

• Style
• Standard English usage and accuracy
• Sentence structure and grammar
• Punctuation
• Mechanics
• English as a Second Language, including specific language transfer problems
  

Main Routes Help You Find the Information You Need

• The Key to the Book (inside front cover) is a directory to the book’s eight parts.
• Detailed Tables of Contents(on the back of each part divider, edged in red or blue) allow you to scan easily for the exact topic you are seeking and get the section and page number.
• The Main Index provides a complete alphabetical list of topics, terms, and words such as I and me, who and whom, can and could.
• Complete Table of Contents (inside back cover) shows the book at a glance.

Alternate Routes Provide Extra Accessibility

• MLA documentation coverage appears on the pages edged in red along the side.
• Key Points boxes are shaded boxes that highlight important information and give quick answers to quick questions.
• Specialized indexes for MLA and APA include detailed coverage of documenting electronic sources.
• "Useful Sources in 24 Subject Areas" lists starting points for research across the curriculum.
• Online information can be found in sections 3c, 4c, 4d, 4e, 5a, and 33. See also list at back of book.
• Glossary of Usage clarifies the use of commonly confused words such as affect/effect and lie/lay.
• Glossary of Grammatical Terms defines helpful terms and provides cross references to relevant sections of the book.
• "Common Correction and Editing Marks" (back of book) shows frequently used symbols, with cross references to relevant sections of the book.