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.
Citation help
The following are free resources that can help you generate citations of various styles by just inputting the citation information.
- Knight CiteKnightCite can generate citations in MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual formats.
- EasyBibCitations in MLA style are free. For other styles, you must subscribe.
- MendeleyMendeley not only creates citations, but helps you organize and share your research with others.
- BibMeCreates citations in ALA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian styles.
- Son of Citation MachineFormats in MLA, APA, Turabian, and Chicago formats.
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General Sites
- Citation Style for Research Papers from Long Island UniversityStyle guides from AMA, APA, MLA, Chicago Style Manual, and Turabian.
- Citation Style Guides, from University of GeorgiaStyle guides for APA, American Political Science Association, American Sociological Association, Chicago Manual of Style, MLA, Turabian, and others.
- Cite Datasets and Link to Publications | Digital Curation CentreFrom Edinburgh's Digital Curation Centre. A very good description of citing datasets.
- Citing Sources, from Duke UniversityA very thorough guide to citing sources in APA, MLA, and Chicago Manual of Style.
- Grammar & Style from Library SpotIn 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.
- The Manual of Scientific Style: A Guide for Authors, Editors, and ResearchersNot specific to any science discipline, this guide does address all stylistic matters in the disciplines are physical and biological science, medicine, health, and technology
- Research and Documentation Online, by Diana HackerIncludes 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 YorkThis 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 UniversityA general guide that covers many different citations styles: American Anthropological Association, APA, American Sociological Association, Council of Biological Editors, Chicago Style, MLA, and Turabian.
Created by:
Rebecca Jackson, 8/26/08
Other citation styles:
The tabs above include the most often-used citation style guides. However, there are a few others that you might be asked to use. Some of these are listed here.
- American Anthropological AssociationAnthropology
- American Institute of Physics Style ManualPhysics
- American Medical Association Style GuideMedicine and health
- American Society for Horticultural Science Manuscript StructureHorticulture
- American Political Science AssociationPolitical science.
- Bluebook Guide for Law StudentsLaw
- Harvard SystemHumanities
- IEEE Editorial Style ManagerEngineering
- Modern Humanities Research Association Style GuideHumanities
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