Sources for Citation Style Manuals

 

APA (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION)

 

Print version at the Reference Desk:

 

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition)

Call Number: REF DESK BF76.7 .P83 2001

 

Online APA resources:

 

APA (American Psychological Association) Citation Style Guide

http://www.bucknell.edu/Library_Computing/Doing_Research/Citation_Guides/APA.html

 

APAs Electronic Reference Formats

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

 

Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

 

Online!: Using APA Style to Cite and Document Sources

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html

 

THE LITTLE, BROWN HANDBOOK

 

This print resource located at the Reference Desk includes APA and MLA information, as well as grammar tips and other information on composition and word usage.

Call Number: REF DESK PE1112 .F54 1998

 

CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE

 

Print version at the Reference Desk:

 

The Chicago Manual of Style (14^th edition)

Call Number: REF DESK Z253 .U69 1993

 

Online Chicago Manual of Style resource:

 

Online! Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources

http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html

 

A MANUAL FOR WRITERS OF TERM PAPERS, THESES AND DISSERTATIONS, by Kate Turabian

 

Print version at the Reference Desk:

 

A Manual For Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, by Kate Turabian (6^th edition)

Call Number: REF DESK LB2369 .T8 1996

 

Online Turabian resource:

 

Turabian Citation and Format Style Guide

http://www.bucknell.edu/img/assets/6535/turabian.pdf

 

MLA (MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION)

 

Print version at the Reference Desk:

 

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (5^th edition)

Call Number: REF DESK LB2369 .G53 1999

 

Online MLA resources:

 

MLA (Modern Language Association) Citation Style Guide

http://www.bucknell.edu/img/assets/6535/mla.pdf

 

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

 

ISO (INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDS)

 

ISO 690 Information and Documentation Bibliographic References

Content, form and structure (1987)

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/iso/tc46sc9/standard/690-1e.htm

 

ISO 690-2 Information and Documentation Bibliographic References

Part 2: Electronic Documents or Parts Thereof (1997)

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/iso/tc46sc9/standard/690-2e.htm

 

SUBJECT SPECIFIC STYLE GUIDELINES

Below are the various subject areas that have acceptable formats for citing electronic resources available on the web. The bold in parentheses after each site is the citation style(s) illustrated.

 

Anthropology

Robert E. Kennedy Library - Suggested Formats for Citing Web Pages (various styles)

http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/research/guides/web.html

 

Business

Formats for the Citation of Electronic Sources in Business Writing (APA; MLA)

http://www.westwords.com/guffey/documentation.html

 

Government Information

Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style (MLA)

http://www.library.unr.edu/depts/bgic/guides/government/cite.html

 

Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (Chicago)

http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/citeweb.html

 

History

A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities (Turabian)

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/about/citation

Citing Electronic Information in History papers (Turabian)

http://cas.memphis.edu/~mcrouse/elcite.html

 

Humanities

A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities (Turabian)

http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/about/citation

 

Legal

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (2000-2001 ed.) (Bluebook, 17^th edition)

http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/

 

Medicine

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors [ICMJE])

http://www.icmje.org/

 

Guidelines for Citing the Genome Database (Human Genome Project)

http://gdbwww.gdb.org/gdb/cite.html

 

Sciences

Council of Science Editors Citing the Internet: Formats for Bibliographic Citation (CBE)

http://www.councilscienceeditors.org/publications/style.cfm

 

Social Sciences

McGill Humanities and Social Sciences Library: Citation Style for Social Science Term Papers (Turabian)

http://www.library.mcgill.ca/human/subguide/pdf/turab.pdf

 

Special Format Material

Film, Legal Materials, Maps, Photographs, Recorded Sound, etc. (MLA; Turabian)

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/cite/index.html

 

 

Last revised: 23 August 2005 - CA