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Contents: Citation Guides-General Guidelines | Citation Guides - Specific Styles: AMA - APA - Chicago - CSE - MLA - Turabia - Others |
Citing Electronic Sources | Writing & Grammar Guides | Plagiarism & Copyright | PSU Libraries' Related Pages

Citation/Documentation: General Guidelines

• Assemblying a List of Works Cited in Your Paper (Duke)
• Citation & Style Guides (Concordia)
• Citation Style for Research Papers (LIU)
• Citing References in Your Paper (UW-Madison)
• Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism: Documentation Guidelines (Duke)
• EasyBib.com
• KnightCite [interactive program allows students to generate citations in appropriate format--APA, Chicago, MLA--for print and electronic sources of various types] (Calvin College)
• Landmark's Son of Citation Machine [interactive citation creator] (David Warlick & The Landmark Project)
• Research and Documentation Online (D. Hacker, Bedford/St.Martin)
• Research Guide for Students (I. Lee)
• Turnitin.com: Research Resources

Citation/Documentation: Specific Styles

AMA [Medicine, Health, and Biological Sciences]

• AMA Citation Style (Long IslandU)
• AMA Style Guide (UWash)

APA [Psychology, Education, and other Social Sciences]

• About APA Style (APA Style.org)
• APA Citation Style Guide (Bucknell)
• APA Documentation (Austin CC)
• APA Documentation (UW-Madison)
• APA Format Updated to 5th Edition (Purdue)
• APA Quick Citation Guide (PSU)
• APA Tutorial (USM)
• Citing Electronic Resources: APA Style (UMUC)
• Psychology with Style: APA Compilation (Plonsky, UW-Stevens Point)
• StyleWizard.com [wizard walks you through the steps of creating a correct APA citation]

Chicago ["real world" books, periodicals and non-scholarly publications]

• Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition: Q & A
• Chicago-Turabian Documentation (UW-Madison)
• Examples of Chicago Style Documentation

CSE [Sciences, formerly CBE]

• CBE Documentation (UW-Madison)
• CBE Documentation: Citation-Sequence System (Austin CC)
• CBE Documentation: Name-Year System (Austin CC)
• Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources

MLA [Literature, Arts, and Humanities]

• Citation Styles Handbook: MLA Format (UIllinois)
• Citing Electronic Resources: MLA Style (UMUC)
• MLA Citation and Format Style Guide (Bucknell)
• MLA Documentation (Austin CC)
• MLA Quick Citation Guide (PSU)
• MLA Tutorial (USM)
• Modern Language Association: MLA Style Frequently Asked Questions
• Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format (Purdue)

Turabian [designed for students to use with all subjects]

• Citation and Format Style Guide (Bucknell)
• Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition) (Bridgewater State College)
• Turabian Samples for a Bibliography (Ithaca College)

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Other Styles/Formats:

American Chemical Society (ACS)

• ACS Style Sheet (Lehigh)
• Quick Guide to Citing Using the ACS Style Guide, 3rd ed. (Nan Butkovich, PSU)

American Institute of Physics Style (AIP)

• AIP Style Manual (4th ed.,1990)

American Political Science Association (APSA)

• APSA Documentation (UW-Madison)

Government Documents

• DocsCite [step-by-step guide to putting government publication citations into proper APA or MLA style format] (ASU)

Harvard Style

• Library Online Tutorials: Harvard (Author-Date) Style Examples (Monash)
• Quote, Unquote: The Harvard Style of Referencing (Leeds)

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

• IEEE Computer Society Style Guide
• IEEE Standards Style Manual
• IEEE Style Documentation (UToronto)
• Electrical Engineering Citation Style (Lehigh)

Legal Style

• Legal Research and Citation Style in USA (Standler)
• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2003 ed.): How to Cite (Cornell)

Maps

• Citing Maps (Ohio Wesleyan)
• Guide to Citing Maps & Atlases (McMaster)

Medicine (Vancouver Style)

• References/Bibliography: Vancouver Style: "How To" Guide (UQueensland)
• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals: Sample References (Int'l Committee of Medical Journal Editors)

Penn State

• Penn State Editorial Style Manual
• Penn State Thesis Resource

Smith/Garner [Government]

• Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications (UMemphis)

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Citing Electronic Sources

• Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities (Melvin E. Page)
• Citing Electronic Information in History Papers (Crouse, UMemphis)
• Citing the Internet: Formats for Bibliographic Citation (Council of Science Editors)
• Columbia Guide to Online Style (CGOS, Columbia University Press)
• ISO 690-2, Information and documentation--Bibliographic references--Part 2: Electronic documents or parts thereof (ISO, International Organization for Standardization)
• Electronic References (APA.org)
• Internet Citation (Yahoo! Directory)
• The Learning Page: How to Cite Electronic Sources (Library of Congress)
• National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citations: Supplement: Internet Formats
• Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources (bedfordstmartins.com)
• Resources for Documenting Electronic Sources (Purdue)
• Style Sheets for Citing Internet & Electronic Resources: Humanities (MLA & Chicago), Scientific (APA & CBE), and History (Turabian)(UC-Berkeley)
• Universite Laval Guide [French]

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Writing & Grammar Guides

• American Heritage Book of English Usage
• Business Writer's Free Library (managementhelp.org)
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Dartmouth Writing Program
• Elements of Style (W. Strunk, Jr.)
• Getting an A on an English Paper (J. Lynch)
• Grammar Handbook (U Illinois)
• Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (Purdue)
• Guide to Grammar and Style (Jack Lynch,Rutgers)
• Guide to Grammar and Writing (Capital CC)
• Penn State Editorial Style Manual
• Presenters University [everything you need to know about preparing and writing presentations]
• The St. Martin's Handbook, 5th Edition
• Thesis Resources (PSU)
• Writing Center: Writer's Handbook (UWisc-Madison)
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students (vt.edu; Lead editor, Michael Alley, PSU)
• Writing Resource Center (Empire State College)

Plagiarism & Copyright

• Avoiding Plagiarism (Northwestern University)
• Avoiding Plagiarism (Purdue)
• Avoiding Plagiarism (UCDavis)
• Copyright Records (LOCIS) [database of copyright holders for books, records, films, art, documents, and other formats]
• Crash Course in Copyright (UTexas System)
• Cyberplagiarism: Detection and Prevention (PSU)
• Penn State Copyright Policies and Resources
• Plagiarism.org
• Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It (Indiana U)
• What is Plagiarism? (Turnitin.com)

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See Also the PSU Libraries' related pages:

Earth and Mineral Sciences Library:

• Citing Your Sources

Engineering Library:

• Guide to Bibliographic Citations

Information Technologies:

• EndNote 8 & Penn State Library Resources

Instructional Programs:

• Citing Your Sources
• Citing Government Publications
• Quick Guide for Citation Styles

Life Sciences Library:

• Cite Your Sources

Media Tech:

• Copyright and Other Legal Information

Social Sciences Library:

• Citation Guides

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