Why style guides?
When you are doing research papers, often instructors will indicate that they want you to use a particular kind of style in citing references. There are ones used for the social sciences, the humanities, and the sciences.
The most popular are American Psychological Association (APA), Modern Language Association (MLA) and Chicago. Turabian is a very useful style guide if your instructors do not indicate a particular type.
In any case, you need to cite your sources in such a manner that other can go to the sources you used in your papers. And it is very important to be consistent in your citation styles.
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General Sites
- Citation Style for Research Papers from Long Island University
Style guides from AMA, APA, MLA, Chicago Style Manual, and Turabian. - Citation Style Guides, from University of Georgia Style guides for APA, American Political Science Association, American Sociological Association, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, Turabian, and others.
- Citing Sources, from Duke University A very thorough guide to citing sources in APA, MLA, and Chicago Manual of Style.
- Grammar & Style from Library Spot In addition to links to style guides from Chicago Manual of Style and APA and MLA, this cite also links to cites that help with grammar and writing styles.
- HealthLinks from the University of Washington, Style Guides Links to style guides for AMA, APA, Chicago Style Manual, MLA, and others.
- Research and Documentation Online, by Diana Hacker Includes style guides for MLA, APA, and the Chicago Manual of Style. Also shows examples of papers in the given style.
- Style Guides, from the University at Albany, State University of New York This guide offers examples of citation guides from APA, MLA, American Sociological Association, and Chicago Manual of Style. It also offers links to citation generators, software that will generate citations for you for various style
- Style Manuals and Writing Guides, from California State University A general guide that covers many different citations styles: American Anthropological Association, APA, American Sociological Association, Council of Biological Editors, Chicago Style, MLA, and Turabian.
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Rebecca Jackson, 8/26/08
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