CITING AND USING OTHER SOURCES
MLA Style Guides Using MLA Format APA Style Guides Writing in the APA Style A Guide for Writing Research Papers, APA-Style Internet Citation Formats Columbia Guide to Online Style (COS) Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style Chicago/Turabian Documentation H-Net Guide for Internet Sources The Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Style of Documentation in the Sciences and Mathematics CBE Citation Guide Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources Citing Sources in Engineering and Sciences Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Guide Formatting in Sociology American Political Science Association (APSA) Documentation APSA Documentation American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style AME Style Guide American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Manual ACS Style Sheet
This page, maintained by Purdue University, offers a more concise version of the MLA Style Manual, with links to information on the basic MLA paper format, parenthetical (in-text) citations, and full citations for works listed in the Works Cited page.
This page, maintained by The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, includes general tips on writing as well as information specific to research reports. It provides only basic guidelines for parenthetical documentation and end-of-text references; for in-depth questions, see the next link.
Capitol Community-Technical College maintains this page with manuscript preparation information, answers to student questions about citation formatting, and FAQs about APA. Information is divided into sections on parenthetical citations and references into categories by types of sources, such as a single-author book, doctoral dissertation, newspaper article, Internet and CD-ROM resources etc.
The Columbia Guide to Online Style provides techniques for citing internet sources using both Humanities styles and Scientific styles.
This page, maintained by The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center, offers guidelines for parenthetical documentation (first and subsequent references) and reference lists. The information is organized by types of sources according to the 14th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style (1993) and the 5th edition of Turabian's Manual for Writers (1987). The site doesn’t contain information on citing electronic works.
This citation guide for Internet sources, prepared by the Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine and East Tennessee State University, is based on the Turabian /University of Chicago manuals. The information is divided into the following categories: general citation guidelines, bibliographic citations, and footnote and endnote citations.
This site, maintained by the Ohio State University Libraries, is based on Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers 6th edition, 1994. It contains a link to the OHS Libraries’ guidelines for citing net sources.
This page, prepared by Bedford/St. Martin’s, focuses on citing Internet sources in natural sciences in accordance with the 6th edition of Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (1994).
This page, maintained by Virginia Tech, offers a guide for engineering and science students that covers formatting, citing sources (see Appendix B: Documenting Sources), and other elements of style.
Purdue University Online Writing Lab offers basic information on in-text references, footnotes, and references based on the American Sociological Review.
This page, maintained by The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center, provides guidelines for parenthetical documentation and reference lists in accordance with the Style Manual for Political Science, revised edition, 1993.
This guide to the most frequently used entries was prepared by the University of Washington based on American Medical Association Manual of Style, 9th ed., 1998. Focuses on reference list information.
This page, designed for quick reference, was prepared by the Lehigh University Libraries. For further information on citation styles, alphabetizing, punctuation, use of Tables and Illustrations, Chemical Structures and Schemes etc., see the ACS Style Guide, 1986.