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style manuals & writing guides

(HOW TO CITE SOURCES OF INFORMATION)

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Citing Articles from Databases

 

MLA (Modern Language Association)

• MLA Style Guide 6th edition - University of California, Riverside
• MLA - Quick Style Guide (University of Southern Mississippi)
• MLA Writers'Workshop  (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic information (Information Today)
  
• The essentials of MLA style : a guide to documentation for writers of research papers, with an appendix on APA style (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
  
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Modern Language Association)
  
• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (Modern Language Association)

APA (American Psychological Association)

• APA Style Guide (UCR)
  
• APA Style Guide (University of Southern Mississippi)
  A tip sheet for common citations used in bibliographies. Examples on how to cite both print and electronic resources.
  
• APA Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
  Official guidelines on APA documentation style for web resources recommended by the American Psychological Association.
  
• American Psychological Association (APA) Writers' Workshop (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• Electronic styles: a handbook for citing electronic information (Information Today)
  
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (American Psychological Association)

Chicago

• Chicago Manual of Style Guide (UCR) Based on the 15th ed. 
• Chicago Manual of Style Form Guide (OSU Libraries)
  Based of the book The Chicago Manual of Style 14th ed. rev. (University of Chicago Press)

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• The Chicago Manual of Style (University of Chicago Press)

Turabian

• Turabian Style Guide (University of Georgia Libraries)

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (University of Chicago Press)

ASA (American Sociological Association)

• ASA Format (from Cal State University Los Angeles Library)
  

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• ASA Style Guide (American Sociological Association)

Government

• Uncle Sam
  Based on The Complete Guide to Citing Government Documents: A Manual for Writers and Librarians. Prepared by Govt. Publications Dept., Regional Depository Library, University of Memphis. Gives examples of how to cite both print and electronic resources.

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: a manual for writers & librarians (Congressional Information Service)

Legal

• Introduction to Basic Legal Citations (Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School)

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• The bluebook : a uniform system of citation

Writing guides

• Columbia Guide to Online Styles
  The online version of the book Columbia Guide to Online Styles for locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources by Janice R. Walker and Todd Taylor.
  
  
• Elements of Style (© Bartleby.com, Inc., July 1999) by William Strunk. 1918. A classic guide to the art and craft of clear, concise writing.

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• Columbia Guide to Online Styles (Columbia University Press)
  
• The Elements of Style (Macmillan) / (Allyn and Bacon)
  
• St. Martin's Guide to Writing (St. Martin's Press)

Other style manuals and writing guides at UCR

Books at UCR linked to SCOTTY

• AIP Style Manual (American Institute of Physics)
  
• American Medical Association Manual of Style (Williams & Wilkins)
  
• Author's Handbook of Styles for Life Science Journals (CRC Press)
  
• Health Professionals Stylebook: putting your language to work (National League for Nursing)
  
• Publication Handbook and Style Manual (American Society of Agronomy : Crop Science Society of America : Soil Science Society of America)
  
• Research Writing Using Traditional and Electronic Sources (Prentice Hall)
  
• Style Manual for Political Science (American Political Science Association, Committee on Publications)
  
• Tricks of the trade : how to think about your research while you're doing it (University of Chicago Press)
  
• Where Credit is Due: a guide to proper citing of sources, print and nonprint (Scarecrow Press)