Formats for Citing References
One of the most important features of a research paper assignment is proper
documentation of the sources of information used. The vehicles for providing
this documentation are notes (or parenthetical references) at the point in the
paper where the information is presented and a bibliography or reference list
of all sources used at the end of the paper. Various formatting systems have
been developed to do this. Listed below are guides, style manuals and websites
which detail some of these forms.
- ACS Style developed by the American Chemical Society.
ACS Style Guide: a manual for authors and editors. REF QD8.5.A25 1997
Reference Style Guidelines
is a short guide at the ACS site
http://pubs.acs.org/books/references.shtml
- AIP Style developed by the American Institute of Physics.
AIP Style Manual. American Institute of Physics. QC5.45.A45 1990
AIP Style Manual
Fourth Edition (1990) selected pdf images from the print manual available on
the AIP site.
http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html
- AMA Style developed by the American Medical Association.
Robert
Delaney's site at Long Island University gives examples.
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citama.htm
- APA Citation Format developed
by the American Psychological Association.
http://wally.rit.edu/pubs/guides/apa.html
This General Research guide, based on the APA Publication Manual (REF & RESD
BF76.7.P83 2001 & 4th floor) provides examples and explanations, as well as
links to selected websites which give additional information. A print copy is
available on the Guides rack opposite the Reference Desk.
- ASA Citation Format developed by the American Sociological Association
Cal State L.A. has a nice webpage of the ASA
Format.
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/rsalina/asa.styleguide.html
Skidmore College has a webpage for Formats
to Use in Sociology Papers using ASA. http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/sociology/resources/writing_citation.html
Purdue's Online Writing Lab has a page on ASA Formatting
in Sociology. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_docsocio.html
- Chicago Style derived from the Chicago Manual of Style
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. University of Chicago Press, 2003. REF
Z253.U69 2003
Examples of the Chicago Style from their website at http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools.html
Long Island
University Library also has a website on this style at
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citchi.htm
University of Georgia Libraries has a website on this style at
http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/chicago.html
The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has Chicago-Turabian Documentation at
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html
Dr. Abel Scribe's Guide to
Chicago-Turabian Style and Documentation is available at
http://www.docstyles.com/cmsguide.htm
- CBE Style developed by the Council of Biology Editors
Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Style Manual. 6th edition. Council of
Biology Editors, 1994.
REF T11.S389 1994
The Bedford Martins
website gives a short guide to this style.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite8.html#1
The Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has CBE Documentation at
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocCBE.html
- Harvard System of Referencing originated at Oxford University
Style Manual for Authors, Editors and Printers. 5th ed. Australian Government
Publishing Service, 1996.
REF PN147.S89 1996, pp. 148-168.
Bournemouth University, UK has a detailed guide on this citation style.
http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/citing_references/docs/Citing_Refs.pdf
Leeds Metropolitan University,
UK also has a good tutorial on the Harvard Style.
http://www.lmu.ac.uk/lss/ls/docs/harvfron.htm
Guide to the Harvard System of Referencing from the University Library
at Anglia Ruskin University at
http://libweb.anglia.ac.uk/guides/new_harvard.php
This General Research guide, based on the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers (REF LB2369.G53 1999 & 4th floor) provides examples and explanations,
as well as links to selected websites which give additional information. A print
copy is available on the Guides rack opposite the Reference Desk.
- Turabian Style is based on the Chicago style
Turabian, K. L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations.
6th edition. University of Chicago Press, 1996. REF LB2369.T8 1996 & 4th floor.
Turabian
Citation Style by RObert Delaney, Long Island U.
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/cittur.htm
Turabian Samples
for a Bibliography is on the Ithaca College Library website.
http://www.ithaca.edu/library/course/turabian.html
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