Citation Style Guides: Home
Get links to authoritative citation style guides from Fondren Library, as well as reliable websites.
Citation Guides at Fondren Library
The list below contains authoritative style guides available through Fondren Library, in print and electronic format.
If you are interested in using bibliographic management software, see the guide: Research Paper Management.
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new windowThis database contains the entire CMS as well as answers to user questions. Chicago citation style comes in two forms, Author-Date which is often used in the sciences and Notes-Bibliography which is used more in the humanities. Be sure to check which style is expected for your projects.
- MLA Handbook Plus This link opens in a new windowOnline access to the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook (Modern Language Association). The site also includes the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy and MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature (under "All Books").
MLA Handbook by Call Number: LB2369 .M52 2021ISBN: 1603293523Publication Date: 2021-04-019th edition
- Using MLA Format, from the MLA Style CenterContains instructive examples and guidance for MLA style.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh EditionISBN: 9781433832161The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition is the official source for APA Style. With millions of copies sold worldwide in multiple languages, it is the style manual of choice for writers, researchers, editors, students, and educators in the social and behavioral sciences, natural sciences, nursing, communications, education, business, engineering, and other fields.
Government Publications
- Guide to Citing Government PublicationsThis page links to numerous print and online guidelines for citing government publications such as legal documents, patents, maps and National Archives records.
Sciences
- ACS (American Chemical Society) Guide to Scholarly Communication"More than a set of rules for creating a well-formatted document to be published in a journal, the ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication is the go-to tool to help students, librarians, researchers, and educators communicate effectively and make their research stand out."
- AMA (American Medical Association) Manual of Style"The AMA Manual of Style is a must-have guide for anyone involved in medical and scientific publishing."
- CSE (Council of Science Editors) Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers"The authoritative reference for authors, editors, publishers, students, and translators in all areas of science and related fields now is now fully searchable and easy to use."
- NLM (National Library of Medicine) Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers"Citing Medicine provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations."
Citation Style Websites
- CAPC's Resources for Writing and Style"The CAPC has compiled this list of online resources to assist students and faculty as they prepare to communicate in a wide variety of genres."
- Purdue OWLThe Purdue Online Writing Lab contains reliable guides to MLA, APA and Chicago styles, along with helpful advice for writers.
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