• Credit sources when quoting or paraphrasing (stating someone else's ideas in your own words).
• Follow  a standard documentation style when citing sources and writing your bibliography.
• Most disciplines prefer a particular documentation style.
  • For example, some humanities follow the Modern Language Association (MLA) standards.
  • History may use Turabian or Chicago Manual of Style.
  • Social sciences may follow the American Psychological Association (APA) standards.
  • Many of the sciences use the CBE manual.

If you are unsure of which style to use, please consult your instructor. Various style manuals are kept behind the Reference Desk. Listed below are some print and online resources. For additional print resources search the Maag Library catalog (MaagNet) by keyword (style manuals), or see the list from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/research/r_docsources.html.

The Elements of Style, William J. Strunk
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

A Writer's Reference, 3rd Edition.  Diana Hacker. (1995) 
(Ask at the Reference Desk)
See also Hacker's Web site at
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/ for an overview of APA, MLA, CBE, and Chicago Styles.

Columbia Guide to Online Style (Basic Version)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

Walker, J. R. and Taylor, T. (1998). The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

Style Manuals and Guides to Research and Writing (from California State University at Sacramento)
http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/general/style.html
(MLA, APA, Turabian)

Online! Citation Styles from Bedford/St.Martins Press
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

The Internet Public Library: Style and Writing Guides
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/ref73.00.00/

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th Edition. (2001)
[The official guide to APA style]
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

APA Changes in the 5th Edition (from APA)

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
[an official APA site]

Using APA Format (updated to 5th Edition)
Purdue University
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

Bibliography Styles--APA (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/apa/apa.htm
(APA and MLA styles)

Columbia Guide to Online Style (Basic Version)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

Walker, J. R. and Taylor, T. (1998). The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

Style Manuals and Guides to Research and Writing (from California State University at Sacramento)
http://library.csus.edu/guides/blackmer/APAstyle.htm
(MLA, APA, Turabian)

Online! Citation Styles from Bedford/St.Martins Press
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

CBE Style Form Guide (from Ohio State University)
http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/cbegd.html

Columbia Guide to Online Style (Basic Version)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

Walker, J. R. and Taylor, T. (1998). The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

Online! Citation Styles from Bedford/St.Martins Press
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

The Chicago Manual of Style. 14th ed. (1993)
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

Turabian, K.L. (1996) A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed. revised by John Grossman and Alice Bennet.
[Guide for students based on the Chicago Manual of Style]
(Ask at the Reference Desk) 

A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities by Melvin E. Page
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~africa/citation.html

Columbia Guide to Online Style (Basic Version)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

Walker, J. R. and Taylor, T. (1998). The Columbia Guide to Online Style.
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

Chicago Manual of Style
http://www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/DocChicago.html

Chicago Style - Electronic Resources
http://www.wisc.edu/writetest/Handbook/DocChicago.html#electronic

Online! Citation Styles from Bedford/St.Martins Press
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)

Turabian Style Guide (Bucknell) [PDF format--requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
http://www.isr.bucknell.edu/Research_Tools/citation_guides/turabian.pdf

A Uniform System of Citation. 15th ed. (1986)
Ref. KF245 .U53

Citing Government Documents from Columbia University Libraries
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/libraries/indiv/dsc/citation.html

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation by Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School
http://www.law.cornell.edu:80/citation/

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 2nd Edition. Joseph Gibaldi. (1998)
[Official version of MLA style for graduate students, scholars, or other authors preparing manuscripts for publication] 
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 4th Edition. Joseph Gibaldi. (1995)
[Official student version of the MLA Style Manual--for high school and undergraduate college students]
(Ask at the Reference Desk)

Style Manuals and Guides to Research and Writing (from California State University at Sacramento)
http://library.csus.edu/guides/rogenmoserd/general/mla.html
(MLA, APA, Turabian)

Guidelines for MLA Parenthetical Citations(from YSU Writing Center)
http://www.maag.ysu.edu/help/MLA_Parenthetical_Citations.html

Formatting Documents in MLA Style (from YSU Writing Center)
http://www.maag.ysu.edu/help/Formatting_in_MLA_Style.html

MLA Style for English and other Humanitites
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities/english.html

Online! Citation Styles from Bedford/St.Martins Press
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html
(Examples for Internet sources in APA, CBE, MLA and Chicago styles)