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Style Manuals in Specific Disciplines

If no guide is listed for your discipline, check with your instructor to see which style you should use. Whatever style you choose, be sure to use it consistently within a document - don't mix styles within one document.

For a general discussion of citation styles, see:

• Citing Sources
• Research and Citation

ART

Chicago Manual of Style (Humanities Form)
Ready Reference (Front Desk) Z 253 .U69 2003.

Short Guide to Writing About Art, Sylvan Barnet.
Reference N 7476 .B37 2008.

Chicago Manual of Style

BUSINESS

Business Writer's Handbook
Reference HF 5718.3 .A47 2009

CHEMISTRY

The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information.
Reference QD 8.5 .A25 2006.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

IEEE Style Manual

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Social Science & Business Research.
Ready Reference J 9.5 .G37 2002.

How to Cite Government Documents.

JOURNALISM

Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law.
Reference PN 4783 .A83 2007.

LANGUAGES & LITERATURE

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
Ready Reference (Front Desk) LB 2369 .G53.

LAW

Introduction to Basic Legal Citation, Peter W. Martin

MATHEMATICS

American Mathematical Monthly: The Official Journal of the Mathematical Association of America. Note: This journal is found in the JSTOR and ProQuest databases, so students can review citations from that periodical in those databases.

MEDICINE & HEALTH
American Medical Association Manual of Style, 10th ed.
Ready Reference (Front Desk) R 119 .A533 2007

Citing Medicine

National Library of Medicine

PHYSICS

Physical Review Style Guide

POLITICAL SCIENCE

APSA Style Manual for Political Science
Reference JA 86 .A52 2006

PSYCHOLOGY

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Ready Reference (Front Desk) BF 76.7 .P83

Additional help with APA style can be found at http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx.

Additional help with APA formatting can be found at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.

SCIENCES

Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th ed.
Reference T11 .S386 2006.

SOCIOLOGY

American Sociological Association Style Guide, 3rd ed.,
Ref. HM 569 .A54 2007.

How To...

Citing & Style Guides