Style Sheet for *Resource Link* #
About This Style Sheet #
Adapted from: *list sections/ chapters that were adapted from other OER sources*
Last revised: November 21, 2024
Based on Style Guide: BC Campus Style Guide and APA 7th.
Contact Information #
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Spelling & Abbreviation List — Cdn. Ox. #
| A-B | N-R |
| C-E | S-T |
| F-H | U-Z |
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Citation Style — APA #
General Style #
*Includes tense, contractions, reference source, grammar, punctuation*
Grammar #
- Written in present tense
- Avoid using contractions to maintain formal tone overall
- Avoid conjunctions to start sentences; gen. “and” replaced with “additionally,” “but” replaced with “however,” and “or” removed if not able to create compound sentence
Capitalization #
- Generic names for procedures, medical conditions, and medications are lower case
- Brand names, as with other proper nouns, are capitalized
Numbers #
- Refer to the APA style guide for number format: https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/numbers-statistics-guide.pdf
Punctuation #
- Use a serial comma
- Avoid using an exclamation mark
- Put a space before and after em dash ( — )
- Use a hypen to join words; use hanging hyphen construction (e.g., 15- to 19-year-olds)
- Do not put a space before nor after en dash (–); use to show range of numbers (e.g., 7–10)
- Use quotation marks when directly quoting
Headings #
Lists #
Other #
Book Format #
Front Matter #
- Acknowledgements
- Accessibility
Body #
| *Category 1* | *Chapter 1* | *Section 1* |
| *Section 2* | ||
| *Chapter 2* | *Section 1* | |
| *Section 2* | ||
| *Category 2* | *Chapter 3* | *Section 1* |
Back Matter #
Chapter Components #
Learning Objectives #
References #
- Alphabetize all reference list entries
- Hanging indent
Media Attributions #
- Bulleted list
- Include figure number (bolded), original name of image (hyperlinked to original image), author, year (in brackets), source, and license (hyperlinked, if applicable)
- E.g., Figure 5.2: A cat on a bench by Korhan Erdol (2024), via Pexels, is used under the Pexels license.
Tables #
- Do not use TablePress
- Heading cells should be title case
- If a column has numbers, align right; else, align left
- Table properties
- Width: 100%
- Height: auto
- Caption: checked
- Alignment: Centre
- Class: Full grid
- Table cell properties:
- Width: auto
- Height: auto
- (For heading cells) Class: shaded
Images #
- Number figures based on the chapter number and image number.
- E.g., For the second image in chapter 5: Figure 5.2
- Include a figure caption with the figure number (bolded), description, and license to use (linked)
- E.g., Figure 5.2 A cat on a bench Public Domain
- Include alt text describing the image
Videos #
- Include the source below the video in the text and in the reference list
- If videos do not have captions, include a note in the Accessibility page
