Citation and style manuals

ACS | AIP | APA | APSA | ALWD | Chicago | CBE/CSE | GSA | IEEE | JAMA | MLA | NLM | Turabian | Other sites | Print and electronic sources

The different societies that publish citation style guides do revise their standards from time to time. So online sources for these styles may be out of date. Always verify which revision or edition is being used by the online site before using their suggestions or forms.

ACS (American Chemical Society)

• Citing Using the ACS Style Guide (3rd edition)
• The ACS style guide : effective communication of scientific information print edition in Newman Library

AIP (American Institute of Physics)

• AIP Style Guide - fourth edition, copyright, 1990-1997, prepared by the America Insitute of Physics
• AIP style manual print edition in Newman Library

ALWD (Association of Legal Writing Directors)

• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation from the Cornell Law School
• ALWD Citation Manual print edition in Newman Library

APA (American Psychological Association)

• APA Style.org from the American Psychological Association. Excerpts from the APA Style Guide to Electronic References and the 5th edition of the Publication Manual. The material provided covers frequently asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media.
• APA Documentation Style (University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center site based on information from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (Includes information on citing electronic and print sources)
• APA Format University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Writer's Workshop site based on information from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. (Includes information on citing electronic and print sources).
• APA Research Style Crib Sheet from Psych Web. A summary of rules for using APA style as documented in the 5th edition of the APA publication manual.
• APA Formatting and Style Guide from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University. A thorough guide on APA style including print and electronic sources.
• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association print edition in Newman Library

APSA (American Political Science Association)

• APSA Documentation from The University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center. Sample citations and references from The Style Manual for Political Science, revised edition 1993, and The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th edition, 1993. (Information on citing print sources.)
• APSA style manual for political science print edition in Newman Library

Chicago Manual of Style

• Chicago Manual of Style - from the University of Chicago Press, selections from the 15th edition
• Chicago Style from the University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center, based on the 14th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. (Includes information on citing electronic and print sources.)
• Chicago Manual of Style print edition in Newman Library

CSE (Council of Science Editors) Style (formerly CSE Council of Biology Editors)

• CSE Style Guide using both the Name-Year system and the Citation-Sequence system (sometimes called the Superscript system).
• Council of Science Editors Style based on the 7th edition.
• Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers 7th edition in Newman Library.

GSA (Geological Society of America) Style

• GSA Style Guide
• Geowriting : a guide to writing, editing, and printing in earth science print edition in Newman Library

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc

• IEEE Information for Authors (PDF). This site provides detailed information for IEEE publications.
• IEEE Standards Style Manual (2007)

Government Information

• Uncle Sam based on The Complete Guide to Citing Government Documents: A Manual for Writers and Librarians. Prepared by Govt. Publications Dept., Regional Depository Library, University of Memphis. (Includes information on citing electronic and print sources.)
• Government Documents Service - DocsCite - from Arizona State University Libraries (This is a citation generator. Allows you to create an APA or MLA citation for a document from Print/Microform, a CD-ROM document, cite a CD-ROM, or internet)
• The complete guide to citing government information resources : a manual for writers & librarians print edition in Newman Library

JAMA (American Medical Association)

• JAMA Style Reference Examples
• American Medical Association Manual of Style (Book) revised edition of American Medical Association Manual of Style (9th edition, c1998)

MLA (Modern Language Association)

The MLA citation style has undergone significant changes with the release of the newest edition. We recommend that you check with your instructor about which edition of MLA you should follow.

Electronic links to citation resources:

• MLA Documentation Style from the University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center, based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed. [New York: MLA]. Includes information on citing electronic and print sources. The University of Wisconsin site reflects the changes in MLA style.
• MLA Format from the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, Writers' Workshop. (Includes information on citing electronic and print sources.)
• MLA Formatting and Style Guide from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University. Reflects information from the 6th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Scholar Research and the 2nd edition of the MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing. Purdue is providing an information page on the changes in their MLA Update 2009.

Print resources found in the University Libraries:

• MLA handbook for writers of research papers 7th edition in Newman Library / Ready Reference (print)
• MLA handbook for writers of research papers 6th edition in Newman Library and the Art + Architecture branch (print)
• MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing 3rd edition in Newman Library / Reference (print)
• MLA style manual and guide for scholarly publishing 2nd edition in Newman Library and the Northern Virginia Center (print)

National Library of Medicine

• The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2nd Edition, 2007) Citing Medicine provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations.
• National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation
• National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation Supplement: Internet Formats

Turabian

• A Brief Citation Guide For Internet sources In History and the Humanities by Melvin E. Page for H-AFRICA On-Line and History Dept., East Tennessee State University, February 1996. Excerpted from Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations 5th edition (Information on citing electronic sources.)
• A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations 6th edition in Newman Library and the Northern Virginia Center

Other sites of interest for citing electronic sources

• The most comprehensive collection of sites appears to be Citation Guides for Electronic Documents, from the International Federation of Library Associations, with links to most existing guides
• Under review: Another thorough collection is "INTERNET CITATION GUIDES: Citing Resources from the Internet in Research Papers and Bibliographies" compiled by Susan Barribeau at University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Print and electronic sources

• Knight Cite - KnightCite is an online citation generator service provided by the Hekman Library of Calvin College. It provides a form to enter citation data from a large variety of sources that will return citations formatted in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles.
• Landmarks Citation Machine - an interactive Web tool that provides entry forms, soliciting information for selected information resources. The tool then assembles the entered information in APA style bibliographic and parentetical citations (5th Edition APA Publication Manual), and MLA (6th Edition MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers). Created by created by David Warlick of The Landmark Project on October 29, 2000.
• BibMe - BibMe is a free auto-fill automatic bibliography creator that will format your bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles
• Style manuals in the University Libraries collections
• Cite Right a quick guide to citation styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the sciences, professions, and more by Charles Lipson