Advanced Research in the Sciences: Style/Citation Manuals

• APAStyle.org covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media.
• Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet
• Chicago Manual of Style (Princeton only)
• Citing Online Sources a list of several links from the Linguist
• Citing Sources has comparison tables for print & electronic (including MLA) (Duke)
• Citation Styles Online covers MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE
• Elements of Style - By William Strunk, Jr.; accessed thru Bartleby.com
• Karla's Guide to Citation Manuals annotated links to various styles for citing electronic, and other sources - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian, etc
• Research and Documentation Online   By Diana Hacker; includes examples for citing the MLA, APA and CBE
• Style Sheets for Citing Internet & Electronic Resources Humanities (MLA & Chicago), Scientific (APA & CBE), and History (Turabian)
• Turabian Style: Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition)

Print resources are available in the Knowledge Commons (Level 2) of the Marriott Library

Many instructors require students to create citations for a bibliographies and to write and format a paper according to a particular style.  The most popular style guides are APA, Chicago, and MLA style.  Other style guides include:

• A Handbook for Thesis and Dissertations Published by the Graduate School of the University of Utah
  • See the Graduate School's Thesis Office website for more information
• A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, Seventh Edition: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers by Kate L. Turabian (Print) On order
• ACS Style Guide (Print) QD 8.5 A25 2006
• AIP Style Manual American Institute of Physics
  • (Print) QC 5. 45 A45 1990
• AMA Manual of Style (Print) R 110. A53 3 2007
• The Associated Press Stylebook 2008 (Print)  PN 4783. A82 2008
• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Print) KF 245. U55 2005
  
• Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (Print) T 11. S386

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Print)

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
(Print)

Although the complete MLA style manual is not available online, many organizations and idividuals have created Web sites with helpful information about the MLA style.  Below are several of the best.  Note that the third links include a sample paper in MLA style