Documenting Sources
Common Style Guides
Modern Language Association (MLA) for Humanities
- MLA Works Cited Examples, 7th edition
- Modern Language Association (MLA) from Bedford St. Martin's Research and Documentation Online
- MLA Style from Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
American Psychological Association (APA) for Social Sciences
- Bedford/St. Martin's Research and Documentation Online: APA is an excellent online handbook for APA, MLA, CMS, and CSE styles.
- Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style are answered by the American Psychological Association
- Learning APA Style provides teaching materials and free tutorials.
- Quick answers for citing sources and formatting papers.
- "APA Exposed: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About APA Format but Were Too Afraid to Ask" online tutorial from Harvard Graduate School of Education
- APA Style from Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- APA Style in a Nutshell, 6th ed. (handout)
- APA Reference Page Basic Examples (handout)
- APA Powerpoint Presentation
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) for History
- CMS Style at Purdue University Owl (includes sample papers)
- Chicago Manual of Style by Bedford St. Martin's Research and Documentation Online
- Chicago Manual of Style Official Site
- Quick Guide for Chicago Style
- NDSU History Department Citation Guide
Turabian Style:
- Turabian Quick Guide, 8th edition:http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html
- How to Teach Turabian PDF: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_instructor_guide.pdf
Council of Science Editors (CSE) for Sciences
- Council of Science Editors (CSE) by Bedford St. Martin's Research and Documentation Online
Style Guides for Other Academic Disciplines
- Agribusiness and Applied Economics: American Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering:
ASABE style guide
ASABE manuscript templates Anthropology: American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Archaeology: Society for American Archaeology, SAA Journal
Biology: Journal of Biology
Chemistry: American Chemical Society (ACS)
Civil Engineering: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Economics: The Economist
Entomology: Entomology Society of America (ESA)
Pharmacy: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Guidelines for Biomedical Journals
Physics: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Political Science: American Political Science Association, provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sociology: American Sociological Association, provided by California State University Los Angeles
Avoiding plagiarism
