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Online Guides to Citing Print and Electronic Sources

(Quick guides to popular citation formats. For the official print guides to these formats, see references below.)

• Humanities: Documenting Sources
  (MLA documentation style from Research and Documentation Online)
  
• Social Sciences: Documenting Sources
  (APA documentation style from Research and Documentation Online)
  
• Anthropology: Documenting Sources
  (The American Anthropological Association guide to citing sources in the field.  The guide is based on the The Chicago Manual of Style (14th edition, 1993) and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition, 2000). )
  
• History: Documenting Sources
  (Chicago documentation style from Research and Documentation Online)
  
• Sciences: Documenting Sources
  (CBE Number System from Research and Documentation Online)
• Online Citation Styles
  (A guide to citing online sources with various documentation styles from Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources

Official Style Guides

MLA

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
(The official manual of MLA Style)
Locations:
General and Humanities Ref. (DR): Ready Reference. Firestone: LB2369 .G53 2003
Social Sci. Ref. Center (SSRC): Ready Ref. Firestone: : LB2369 .G53 2003

APA

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2001.
(The official manual of APA Style)
Locations:
Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone: BF76.7 .P83 2001
Psychology Library (SW): Writing information: BF76.7 .P83 2001

CHICAGO

The Chicago Manual of Style.15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003.
(The official manual of Chicago style; intended for authors preparing book manuscripts)
Locations:
General and Humanities Ref. (DR): Ready Reference. Firestone: Z 253.U69 2003
Social Sci. Ref. Center (SSRC): Ready Ref. Firestone: Z 253.U69 2003
Online

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 6th ed. Revised by John Grossman and Alice Bennett. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
(A more accessible guide to Chicago style)
Locations:
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: LB2369 .T8 1996
Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone: LB2369 .T8 1996

CBE

Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th ed.. Style Manual Committee, Council of Biology Editors. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994
(The official manual of CBE Style)

Location:
Lewis Library (SCI): Reference: T11 .S386 1994