Citation Styles
APA | APSA | CSE | CMOS | MLA | Turabian | Subject Specific Style Guidelines | Other Useful Resources
Introduction to Citing Resources Handout
APA (American Psychological Association) Citation Style
APA Citation Style Handout
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83
APA Style: Electronic Sources
(http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html)
(http://www.docstyles.com/archive/apacrib.pdf)
*Updated section to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources, is available at the Reference Desk and the Course Reserves & Current Periodicals Desk in the Evans Library.
Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html)
Online!: Using Principles of APA Style to Cite and Document Sources
(http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html)
APSA (American Political Science Association) Citation Style
APSA Citation Style Handout
CSE (Council of Biology Editors) Citation Style
CSE Citation Style Handout
Citing the Internet using CSE Style
Scientific style and format: the CBE manual for authors, editors and publishers
Call Number: WZ 345 C748s 1994
Online!: Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources
(http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html)
CMOS (Chicago Manual of Style) Citation Style
CMOS Citation Style Handout
Chicago manual of style (CMOS)
Call Number: Z253 .U69
Chicago Style Q&A
(http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/new/new_questions01.html)
Online!: Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
(http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html)
MLA (Modern Language Association) Citation Style
MLA Citation Style Handout
MLA handbook for writers of research papers (MLA)
Call Number: LB2369 .G53
Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style
(http://www.mla.org/style_faq)
How do I document sources from the Web in my works-cited list?
(http://www.mla.org/style_faq4)
Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html)
Online!: Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
(http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html)
Handout from the Baltimore County Public Schools
(http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/WorksCited2.doc)
Turabian Citation Style
Turabian Citation Style Handout
Using Endnotes in Turabian Documentation
Manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations (Turabian)
Call Number: LB2369 .T8
Turabian Citation and Format Style Guide
(http://www.bucknell.edu/x11826.xml)
Below are subject areas for which acceptable citation formats for electronic resources exist on the web. Citation styles illustrated at each site are included in bold in parentheses.
Business
Formats for the Citation of Electronic Sources in Business Writing (APA, MLA)
(http://www.westwords.com/guffey/documentation.html)
Harvard Business School Baker Library: Citation Guide for MBA Students (Chicago)
(http://library.hbs.edu/guides/citationguide.pdf)
Government Information
Complete guide to citing government information resources (Garner and Smith)
Call Number: J9.5 .G37 2002
Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style (MLA; Uniform System,
1986 and Garner, 2002)
(http://www.library.unr.edu/depts/bgic/guides/government/cite.html)
Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States (NARA)
(http://www.archives.gov/publications/general-info-leaflets/17.html)
Call Number: AE 1.113:17/2004
Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (Garner and Smith, 1984)
(http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/citeweb.html)
History and the Humanities
A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities (Turabian)
(http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/about/citation/)
(http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/citation.html)
Citing Electronic Information in History papers (Turabian)
(http://history.memphis.edu/mcrouse/elcite.html)
Research and Documentation Online: History (Chicago)
(http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c10_s1.html)
Research and Documentation Online: Humanities (MLA)
(http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s2.html)
Legal
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2006 ed.) (Bluebook, 18th ed., ALWD)
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/)
Medicine
Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (links to 3,500+ journals)
(http://www.mco.edu/lib/instr/libinsta.html)
Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals -- 2006 update
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
(http://www.icmje.org/index.html)
Sciences
Online!: Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources (CBE)
(http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html)
Research and Documentation Online: Sciences (CBE)
(http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c11_s2.html)
Social Sciences
McGill Humanities and Social Sciences Library: Citation Style for Social Science Term
Papers (Turabian, Chicago)
(http://www.library.mcgill.ca/human/subguide/pdf/turab.pdf)
Research and Documentation Online: Social Sciences (APA)
(http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c09_o.html)
Special Format Material
Film, Legal, Maps, Photographs, Recorded Sound, etc. (MLA, Chicago)
(http://memory.loc.gov/learn/start/cite/index.html)
Transportation
Transportation Research Board Information for Authors (See pp. 8-11)(TRB)
http://www.trb.org/Guidelines/Authors.pdf
Transportation Research Board's Cooperative Research Program Style Manual 2005 (See pp. 25-34)(TRB)
http://www.trb.org/NotesDocs/StyleManual.pdf
Other Useful Resources
BibMe - free biblography maker
http://www.bibme.org
Handout
Online: A reference guide to using Internet sources
Call Number: TK5105.875 .I57 H364
Columbia guide to online style
Call Number: PN171 .F56 W35
Web Writing that Works!(Columbia Online Style)
http://www.webwritingthatworks.com/DResourcesCITE04columbia.htm
Date last updated: 10 November 2006
