MHRA Style Guide
Encyclopedia
The MHRA Style Guide: A Handbook for Authors, Editors, and Writers of Theses (formerly the MHRA Style Book) is an academic style guide
published by the Modern Humanities Research Association
and most widely used in the arts
and humanities
in the United Kingdom
, where the MHRA is based. It is available for sale both in the UK and in the United States
.
The 2nd edition (updated April 2008) can be downloaded for free from the MHRA's official Website.
Style guide
A style guide or style manual is a set of standards for the writing and design of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication, organization or field...
published by the Modern Humanities Research Association
Modern Humanities Research Association
The Modern Humanities Research Association is a British-based international organization that aims to encourage and promote advanced study and research of humanities. It is most notable for producing the MHRA Style Guide....
and most widely used in the arts
ARts
aRts, which stands for analog Real time synthesizer, is an audio framework that is no longer under development. It is best known for previously being used in KDE to simulate an analog synthesizer....
and humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, where the MHRA is based. It is available for sale both in the UK and in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
The 2nd edition (updated April 2008) can be downloaded for free from the MHRA's official Website.
MHRA Style Book
- 1971: first edition
- 1978: second edition
- 1981: third edition
- 1991: fourth edition
- 1995: fourth edition reprinted with amendments
- 1996: fifth edition