Citation Style Guides

Always check first with your instructor -- or with the publisher if you are submitting a work for publication --  to see which style they prefer.

There are many citation styles. Some are used specifically for certain subject areas or in certain publications. Three commonly used styles are: MLA (from Modern Language Association, for use mainly in the humanities), APA (from American Psychological Association, used mainly in the social sciences) and the Chicago manual (used mainly in history).

• Print Guides in the Library

• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed. American Psychological Association, 2001.
  Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2001
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
  Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2003b
• The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. University of Chicago Press, 2003. 
  Call Number: Z253 .U69 2003
• Columbia Guide to Online Style, 2nd ed. Columbia University Press, 2006 [more info].
  Call Number: PN171.F56 W35 2006
• Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 6th ed. Council of Biology Editors, 1994. 
  Call Number: T11 .S386 1994
• Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, 2nd ed. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, c1998.
  Call Number: QA42 .H54 1998
• The ACS style guide: effective communication of scientific information, 3rd ed. American Chemical Society ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
  Call Number: QD8.5 .A25 2006

• General Guides

• Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Resources: Bedford/ St. Martin's Press
• Research and Documentation Online: Diana Hacker’s site on MLA, Chicago manual, APA, and CSE styles
• Citing References in Your Paper :University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center
  
• Citing Your Sources: Boston University Libraries

• American Psychological Association (APA)

• APA Formatting and Style Guide: The OWL at Purdue
• APA Style Citation Guide (PDF): Seattle Central Community College Library
• In-Text Citation Guide (PDF): Seattle Central Community College Library
• APA Style -Electronic References: American Psychological Association
• APA Style: Trinity College

• Chicago [Turabian]

• Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide: The Chicago Manual of Style Online - 15th Edition
• Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide: Ohio State University Libraries
• Chicago/Turabian Documentation: The Writing Center – University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Chicago Manual of Style: Trinity College
• Chicago/Turabian Citation Style Guide (PDF): McGill University
• Chicago Style Citation Guide (PDF): Seattle Central Community College Library  

• Modern Language Association (MLA)

• MLA Formatting and Style Guide: The OWL at Purdue
• MLA Style: Trinity College
• MLA Style Citation Guide (PDF): Seattle Central Community College Library
• In-Text Citation Guide (PDF): Seattle Central Community College Library 

• American Chemical Society (ACS)

• A Quick Guide to Reference Citations using the ACS Style Guide (PDF): Penn State
• ACS Style: Trinity College
• ACS Style Guidelines: University of Wisconsin Madison

• American Institute of Physics (AIP)

• AIP Style Manual - Fourth Edition: American Institute of Physics

• Council of Science Editors (CSE) Scientific Style/ Council of Biology Editors (CBE) 

• Council of Science Editors (CSE) Scientific Style and Format (CBE Manual)
• Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources: Bedford St. Martin’s
• Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Style of Documentation in Science and Mathematics: Monroe Community College
• CBE Documentation: University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center
• CSE Style: Biology and other Sciences: Bedford/St. Martin’s

• Government Publications

• Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications: University of Memphis Libraries
• Government Documents Service – DocsCite: Arizona State University Libraries

• Bibliographic Management Tools

• Zotero - The Next-Generation Research Tool: “Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.”
• FirstSearch: WorldCat – “Cite This now” feature: creates citations in MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian and Harvard style for WorldCat references.
• Citation Machine: “Citation Machine is an interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.” – use the web form to generate standard citations in MLA, APA and Chicago style.
• EndNote - EndNote is a bibliographic management tool (available for download from the OIT Software Distribution list, paid for by the GA Tech Technology Fee) that will allow you to organize your references and automatically create bibliographies!  
  For tutorials on using EndNote, see:
  http://library.wisc.edu/endnote/quick-start.html or http://endnote.com/training/tutorials/EndNoteX_tutorial/EndNote.asp
• EndNote Web – a web-based EndNote tool  - available via ISI Web of Science - that allows you to collect and organize your references and create bibliographies within your word processing program.

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Instruction Coordinator
Phone: 404-385-4392

or your Subject Librarian