IPERS Library of Resources

Available Resources through IPERS

Abrams, Mary Ann, and Bernard Dreyer. Eds. Plain Language Pediatrics. Elk Grove Village: American Academy of Pediatrics, 2009. 

Bailey, Edward. Plain English at Work: A Guide to Business Writing and Speaking. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. 

Cutts, Martin. Oxford Guide to Plain English. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 

Forum on Plain English at UHD, 2008. UHD: ITV/Multimedia Services, 2008. CD. 

Garner, Bryan. Legal Writing in Plain English. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2001. 

Greene, Anne. Writing Science in Plain English. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013. 

Gross Davis, Barbara. Tools for Teaching. 2^nd ed. San Francisco: Wiley, John & Sons, 2009. 

Johns, Lee Clark. The Writing Coach. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Learning, 2004. 

Kimble, Joseph. “Writing for Dollars, Writing to Please.” The Scribes Journal of Legal Writing. Vol. 6 (1996‐1997): 1‐38. 

Kimble, Joseph. Lifting the Fog of Legalese: Essays on Plain Language. Durham, North Carolina: Carolina Academic Press, 2006. 

Lutz, William. Doublespeak Defined. New York: Harper Resource, 1999.   

Myers, Judith. Banishing Bureaucratese: Using Plain Language in Government Writing. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2001. 

Sabin, William. The Gregg Reference Manual. 10th ed. New York: McGraw‐Hill, 2005. 

Steinberg, Erwin, ed. Plain Language: Principles and Practice. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1991. 

United Stated Congress House of Representatives. Subcommittee Hearing on Plain Language in Paperwork: The Benefits to Small Business,               110‐73. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2008.