Reference Resources & Quick Facts
Style Manuals
- ACS Books
Reference Style Guidelines - From the American Chemical Society, this page has
examples of standard forms for several types of literature citations.
- American
Chemical Society (ACS) Citation Style for Internet Sources - This
short page by Judy Lichtman of Penn State Lehigh Valley has examples of
citations of common types of Internet sources in ACS style.
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APA,
MLA, Turabian, and Chicago Citation Styles - Also includes AMA
(American Medical Association) style. This resource from the CW Post
campus of Long Island University has examples which have the various parts
of the citation color coded. An interesting approach.
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APA
REFERENCE STYLE - This guide by David S. Baker and Lynn Henrichsen
at Brigham Young University is easy to use and has many examples.
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APA Style Electronic
References - Excerpted from the 5th edition of the Publication Manual
from 2001 although the webpage states it will be updated "regularly as
there are additions, changes, or clarifications to APA style."
- Chicago Manual of
Style - The Manual is now in its fifteenth edition.
Visitors may register for free and search this latest
edition.
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Citation Guide
- Turabian - This guide from Concordia University is based on the 6th
edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses,
and Dissertations (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996).
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Citation
Guides for Electronic Documents - From the International Federation of
Library Associations and Institutions, this page has an extensive listing
of citation resources.
- Citation
Machine - This is an automated tool for proper citation format for
books, web pages, magazines, interviews, encyclopedias, journals,
newspapers and more from the Landmark Project.
- Citation
Style Guides - From the Seattle Central Community College Library,
this site features Modern Language Association (MLA), Chicago (Turabian),
American Psychological Association (APA), and American Anthropological
Association (AAA) styles. Includes examples of specific citations
including electronic reference formats and links to other sources
explaining the citation styles.
- Citing Music
Sources - From the Music
Library at the University of Western Ontario, this is a guide to citing
music sources in essays and bibliographies. There are many examples using
the Turabian citation style.
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Citing
Sources - From Binghamton University Libraries.
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Citing
References in Your Paper - From the University of Wisconsin Writing
Center, this page covers several citation styles, including APSA,
APA,
Chicago/Turabian,
CBE,
and
MLA.
- Council of
Biology Editors (CBE) Style of Documentation in Science and
Mathematics - Examples of references for a source list appended to a
paper.
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Ethics: Creating Citations - A module of HSU Library's Research Roadmap.
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IPL FARQ: Citing
Electronic Resources - A comprehensive listing (compiled by the
Internet Public Library) of web sites and books
to assist you with citing electronic resources.
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Learning
Page of the Library of Congress-How to Cite Electronic Sources - The
Library of Congress uses items from their own digitized historical
collections to illustrate citation examples.
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Manuscript
Guidelines for The Journal of Wildlife Management - Citation styles
in wildlife management.
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ONLINE!
Citation Styles: Index - This web site for the 2003 edition of
Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew
Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger has chapters online which cover MLA
style, APA style, Chicago style, and CBE style.
- Rapidcite.com - Citation generator
for MLA, APA and Chicago stylesheets.
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Research
and Documenting Sources - A very nice guide from Purdue
University's Online Writing Lab which includes:
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Sources: Their Use and
Acknowledgement
- From Dartmouth College. Gives examples of citations in 4 styles: APA,
MLA, Science (AAAS), and Note Style of the MLA.
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Uncle
Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications - This page from
the University of Memphis "provides examples of the most common examples
of government document citations. These examples are based on the
Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style and not reference-list
form."