Reference Tools - Style Manuals  

"This guide is an outline of style rules basic to our journal editing."

Examples of citation styles from key periodical indexes, directories, company & government web sites, and more.

How to videos on some key features of APA formatting.

"Excerpted from the new 5th edition of the Publication Manual. The material provided covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media."

Examples from APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. From the Duke University Libraries.

Examples from various style manuals including American Political Science Association, APA, Chicago, Turabian, Council of Biology Editors, and MLA. From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

From the Purdue Online Writing Lab, detailed instructions for formatting an academic paper using the APA style.

"The Chicago Manual of Style Online is completely searchable and easy to use, providing quick answers to your style and editing questions." 15th edition. UNM only.

Examples from APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. From the Duke University Libraries.

Examples from various style manuals including American Political Science Association, APA, Chicago, Turabian, Council of Biology Editors, and MLA. From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

From the Government Publications Department, Regional Depository Library at the University of Memphis.

"Primarily a GPO printer's stylebook".

"The Bluebook continues to provide a systematic method by which members of the profession communicate important information..." This is not a free website but there are some basic tips available at no charge.

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2006 ed.) by Peter W. Martin.

Examples from APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. From the Duke University Libraries.

Examples from various style manuals including American Political Science Association, APA, Chicago, Turabian, Council of Biology Editors, and MLA. From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Suggestions for choosing a topic, developing a thesis, evaluating sources, organizing the paper, and preparing a works cited page using MLA. From Gale Publishers.

From the Writing Lab & The OWL at Purdue University, "this resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th ed.) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (3rd ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page."

MLA formatting style for English and other humanities. Includes sample papers.

From the Purdue Online Writing Lab, detailed instructions for formatting an academic paper using the MLA style.

Help with the reference page and in-text citations following the APSA documentation style.

"Includes information about manuscript formatting, in-text citations, formatting the references page, and accepted manuscript writing style. The bibliographical format described here is taken from the American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Guide, 4th edition."

"This document has been provided to assist students studying Sociology in properly citing and referencing their papers and essays. The information in this document is taken from American Sociological Association Style Guide (3rd ed.), 2007."

Examples from APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian. From the Duke University Libraries.

Examples from various style manuals including American Political Science Association, APA, Chicago, Turabian, Council of Biology Editors, and MLA. From the Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.