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Citation Guides

When you write a research paper for your professor, you will generally be asked to use a particular "citation guide" for the format of the paper.  Following are the most common citation guides used at Emporia State University, with links provided for online assistance.

AMA Citation Style :

http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citama.htm

From Long Island University, a good site of citation examples for books, periodical articles, and other sources.

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE):

http://www.icmje.org/index.html#reference

Very detailed information on manuscript submissions - but still useful for additional AMA citation guidelines.

APA Style (American Psychological Association)

PRINT GUIDE

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association .  5th ed., 2001

White Library:  R 808.02 P96r5 (One copy on the Ready Reference Shelf, Reference Desk, 2 nd floor and a second copy on Reserve at the Circulation Desk, Library Lobby)

ELECTRONIC GUIDES

APA Style – Electronic Resources:

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

The American Psychological Association’s authoritative site on citing electronic resources, such as separate Web pages, larger Internet sites, and electronic full-text articles from databases.

APA Research Style Crib Sheet :

http://www.docstyles.com/apacrib.htm

Yes, that is the name of the site!  Russ Dewey is a professor at Georgia Southern University, and has authored this page as a guide to formatting papers in APA style.  Included are suggestions for parenthetical documentation of sources within the text and help with bibliographic citations.

Also, see White Library's "American Psychological Association, Examples of Sources in a Reference List"

CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors)

PRINT GUIDE

CBE Style Manual:  A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers in the Biological Sciences. 1983.

White Library:  R 808.066 C10c (Reference Room, 2nd floor) and 808.066 C10c (4th floor)

ELECTRONIC GUIDES

Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Style of Documentation in Science and Mathematics:

http://www.monroecc.edu/depts/library/cbe.htm

This site from Monroe Community College in New York State is a well-documented source for both the name-year (N-Y) and the citation-sequence (C-S) systems of documentation required by the CBE.

Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Scientific Style:

http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/sources/cbe/

An especially easy-to-navigate site from Colorado State University -- explains the name-year and citation-sequence systems for documenting sources, formatting the paper, and creating bibliographic citations in this style.

MLA Style (Modern Language Association of America)

PRINT GUIDE

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers .  6 th ed. , 2003

White Library:  R 808.02 G35m6 (One copy in the Reference Room and a second copy on the Ready Reference Shelf, Reference Desk, 2nd floor)

ELECTRONIC GUIDES

Modern Language Association of America (MLA):

http://www.mla.org/style

The Modern Language Association does not publish its citation guidelines on the World Wide Web.  However, this link will lead you to Frequently Asked Questions about MLA style, such as formatting a paper and documentation of sources from the Web.

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

This site is from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab and is a handy reference to the overall style of a research paper, parenthetical citations of sources within the text of a paper, and bibliographic citations.

Also, see White Library's "Some Examples of Citation in the MLA Format"

General Citation Guides

Chicago Manual of Style/Turabian

PRINT GUIDES

The Chicago Manual of Style.  15th ed., 2003.

White Library:  R 808.02 Un3c15 (Reference Room, 2nd floor)

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.  1996.

White Library:  808.02 T84m6 (On Reserve at Circulation Desk)

ELECTRONIC GUIDES

Chicago Manual of Style - Questions and Answers: 

http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html

From the publisher of the manual, Chicago University Press.  This site provides broad answers to using the Chicago Manual of Style, but does not offer sample bibliographic citations or documentation of citations in text.

Chicago/Turabian Documentation:

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocChicago.html

From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  A very usable site for "first references", "subsequent references", and Works Cited pages in these styles.

Citing Government Publications

PRINT GUIDES

Garner, Diane L. The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Writers and Librarians.  1993.

White Library:  Ready Reference (Reference Desk, 2nd floor)

Li, Xia, and Nancy B. Crane.  Electronic Style: A Guide to Citing Electronic Information.  1993.

White Library:  Ready Reference (Reference Desk, 2nd floor)

ELECTRONIC GUIDE

Citation Style Guides - Government Information:

  http://libwww.syr.edu/research/internet/government/styleguides.htm

A detailed site that summarizes the citation of government publications and links to guides from other libraries.

Columbia Online Style (also known as Walker/Columbia)

PRINT GUIDE

Walker, Janice R.  The Columbia Guide to Online Style.  1998.

White Library:  R 808.02 W186c (Reference Room, 2nd floor)

ELECTRONIC GUIDE

Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS):

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

General information from Columbia University Press about basic CGOS style.