Citing Sources
Web
Guides
(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)
History:
Documenting Sources
(Chicago documentation style from Research
and Documentation Online)
Sciences:
Documenting Sources
(CBE Number System from Research
and Documentation Online)
Online!
A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources
(A guide to citing online sources with various documentation styles)
Quick Reference
Hacker, Diana.
A Pocket Style Manual. 3rd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s,
2000.
(A good quick reference for MLA, APA, and Chicago style documentation)
Location:
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: PE1408 .H26 2000 in DR
MLA Style
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 Style
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 Style
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
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 Style
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)
Locations:
Biology Library (SZ): Reference: T11 .S386 1994
Chemistry Library (SQ): Reference: T11 .S386 1994
Geosciences Library (SG): Reference: T11 .S386 1994
Psychology Library (SW): Writing information: T11 .S386 1994
Online Style
Walker,
Janice R., and Todd Taylor. The Columbia
Guide to Online Style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
(A guide to citing online sources)
Locations:
General and Humanities Reference (DR). Firestone: PN171 .F56 W35 1998
Social Science Reference Center (SSRC). Firestone: PN171 .F56 W35 1998
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Gen. & Humanities Reference Librarian
