Useful links for academic/non-fiction writers

There are many excellent websites offering guidelines for grammar use -try the following:

Purdue University Online Writing Lab (US)

Common Errors in English (US)

Online English Grammar (US)

Guide to Grammar and Writing (UK)

APA Style guide 

The Elements of Style (William Strunk Jr) 
a classic little book promoting simplicity and conciseness in written expression.

Other sites of interest

The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) (offers a summary of the Australian standards applicable to editors (these are currently being reviewed). This group has also developed a policy guiding the editing of theses

Writing and presenting your dissertation or thesis (US)

How to write a PhD thesis (Aus)

Writing a thesis statement (US)

Study guides and strategies (US)

Thesis resources (Dead Thesis Society)