My post today at The Chicago Manual of Style Shop Talk blog:
The key to using any reference book well is to learn how to find what you need in it. True, the “Big Orange” can be a bit of a challenge to get around in—at over a thousand pages, why wouldn’t it? That’s why the editors and IT team at Chicago have done our darnedest to provide a variety of ways for you to locate the advice you need.
And here’s a secret we’ve been trying hard not to keep:
Photo: Lafayette College Hugel Hall Archives, Octant, © Chuck Zovko / Zovko Photographic llc, February 19, 2013