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STYLE MANUALS / CITATION GUIDES


  • STARTING POINTS

NCSU Citation Builder
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php
Simply enter the citation information in an online form and, Presto!, your citation is automatically generated

Documentation Guidelines
http://www.lib.duke.edu/libguide/cite/works_cited.htm
Samples of APA, Chicago, MLA and Turabian style citations of articles, books, book reviews, government documents, newspaper articles, primary sources, and web pages.


  • MLA (Modern Language Association)

MLA Citation Guide
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm

MLA Style by OWL (scroll to bottom of page for links)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

Documenting Electronic Sources (MLA Style)
http://www.lscc.edu/library/citation.aspx


  • APA (American Psychological Association)

APA Style by OWL (scroll to bottom of page for links)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

APA Research Style Crib Sheet
http://www.docstyles.com/apacrib.htm

APA Style.org
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

APA Style (Citing Business Databases)
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/reference/instruction/CBD-in-APA-Style.cfm

APA Style Guide to Electronic References (PDF)
http://jproxy.lib.ecu.edu/limited/style_reference.pdf

  • CHICAGO

Chicago Manual of Style
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/contents.html
The online version of the Manual offers the fully searchable text of the fifteenth edition with added features including tools for editors, a quick citation guide, and searchable access to the popular Chicago Style Q&A.

Chicago Manual of Style (based on the 15th edition)
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/chicagogd.php

  • MISCELLANEOUS

RefWorks Instruction Guide: 
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/reference/refworks.cfm
Guide to using RefWorks web-based bibliography and database manager for the creation of personal citation and notes databases.

Cartographic Citation Guide [Word]
Abbreviated version of example citations for cartographic information. For additional examples please see the print version: Cartographic Citations: A Style Guide, by Suzanne M. Clark, Mary Lynette Larsgaard, and Cynthia M. Teague (American Library Association, 1992). Reference GA108.7 .C55 1992

  • GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/citeweb.html
Examples are based on the Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style.

ASU Libraries step-by-step guide to putting government publication citations in the proper style format. Enter information into the form and it automatically generates citations in MLA and APA format.
http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/docscite/docscite.htm
Examples are based on the Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style.


  • ASA (American Sociological Association)

ASA Style Guide
http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/rsalina/asa.styleguide.html





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