We have put together a list of links to sites we think you might find useful – check back periodically because we will update this as we find more helpful resources.

Jump to:
• Editing organizations
• Dictionaries
• Style manuals
• International business communications
• Compliance and legal

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Editing organizations

International

• Mediterranean Editors and Translators (MET)
  www.metmeetings.org
• Nordic Editors and Translators (NEaT)
  https://nordicedit.fi
• Plain Language Association International
  https://clarity-international.net

Australia

• Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) (membership limited to those living in Australia and New Zealand)
  www.iped-editors.org

Canada

• Editors' Association of Canada 
  www.editors.ca
• Plain Canada Clair
  https://plaincanadaclair.ca

India

• Indian Copyeditors Forum
  www.facebook.com/groups/Indianeditors/
  www.linkedin.com/pulse/indian-copyeditors-forum-vivek-kumar/

Netherlands

• Society of English-language Professionals in the Netherlands (SENSE)
  www.sense-online.nl

New Zealand

• Editors Aotearoa New Zealand (a branch of IPEd) (membership limited to those living in New Zealand)
  www.iped-editors.org/

South Africa

• Professional Editors Guild (membership limited to those living in South Africa)
  https://editors.org.za/

United Kingdom

• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (international members welcomed)
  www.ciep.uk

United States

• ACES: The Society for Editing
  www.aceseditors.org
• Editorial Freelances Association (EFA)
  www.the-efa.org
• Editors of Color
  https://editorsofcolor.com/
• Northwest Editors Guild
  www.edsguild.org

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Indexing organizations

• American Society for Indexing
  https://asindexing.org
• Association of Southern African Indexers and Bibliographers (ASAIB) (merged with the Professional Editors Guild)
  https://editors.org.za/creating-indexes-and-bibliographies
• Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers
  www.anzsi.org
• Indexing Society of Canada/Société canadienne d'indexation (ISC/SCI)
  https://indexers.ca
• Nederlands Indexers Network (NIN)
  https://indexers.nl/en/home-en
• Society of Indexers (UK)
  www.indexers.org.uk

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Dictionaries

(may require subscription or access through your local public library)

• Cambridge
  https://dictionary.cambridge.org
• Chambers
  https://chambers.co.uk/
• Merriam-Webster
  www.merriam-webster.com/
• New Oxford American Dictionary www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195392883.001.0001/acref-9780195392883
• Oxford English Dictionary
  www.oed.com

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Style manuals

(may require subscription or access through your local public library)

• American Psychological Association
  https://apastyle.apa.org
• Associated Press Stylebook (57th edition)
  www.apstylebook.com/
• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
  www.legalbluebook.com/
• Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (McGill Guide)
  https://mcgill-guide.ca/
• Chicago Manual of Style
  www.chicagomanualofstyle.org
• The Conscious Style Guide
  https://consciousstyleguide.com
• Elements of Indigenous Style
  https://brusheducation.ca/brush-catalogue/p/elements-of-indigenous-style-2e
• MHRA
  www.mhra.org.uk/style
• New Hart’s Rules
  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/new-harts-rules-9780199570027
• OSCOLA www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/migrated/oscola_4th_edn_hart_2012.pdf

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International business communications

• "Research: How Cultural Differences Can Impact Global Teams," Harvard Business Review
  https://hbr.org/2021/06/research-how-cultural-differences-can-impact-global-teams
• Every Time Zone
  http://everytimezone.com
• World Clock Meeting Planner
  http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

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Compliance and Legal

• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
  https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/canadian-intellectual-property-office/en/copyright
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  gdpr.eu
• International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
  http://iapp.org
• Information Commission's Office (ICO)
  http://ico.org.uk
• UK Intellectual Property Office
  gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office
• US Copyright Office
  http://copyright.gov
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  http://wipo.int/portal/en/index.html