Citing Sources
How to Write a Bibliography
APA | MLA | Other Styles
The following sites provide examples of how to write citations for specific sources including books, periodical articles, Web pages and other Internet resources.
American Psychological Association (APA)
- Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
- From the APA.
- Milne Library Guide: APA Citation: "How-to..."
- Ask for a copy at the Milne Library Reference Desk. Written by Milne Librarians. Summary of the APA guidelines.
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
- Milne Library Reference (REF BF 76.7 P83 2001) The style guide is more comprehensive than the web site.
- APA Citation Style Examples
- Excellent color-coded examples of citations for various databases (EBSCOhost, InfoTrac, ERIC, JSTOR) from NW Missouri State.
- APA Formatting and Style Guide
- Purdue University's guide to APA Style created by the Online Writing Lab (OWL) .
Modern Language Association (MLA)
- Milne Library Guide: MLA Citation: "How-to..."
- Ask for a copy at the Milne Library Reference Desk. Written by Milne Librarians. Summary of the MLA guidelines.
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
- Milne Library Reference (REF PE 1478 M57 2003)
- The style guide is more comprehensive than the web site.
- MLA Citation Style Examples
- Excellent color-coded examples of citations for various databases (EBSCOhost, InfoTrac, ERIC, JSTOR) from NW Missouri State.
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide
- Purdue University's guide to MLA Style created by the Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Other Styles
- AAA Style Guide
- Guidelines from the American Anthropological Association.
- ACS Style
- Guidelines from the American Chemical Society. The page is authored by Emily Wixon, Chemistry Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison and based on The ACS Style Guide : a Manual for Authors and Editors (REF QD 8.5 A25 1997).
- APSA Style
- California State University's (Chico) guide to APSA (American Political Science Association) style based on the Style Manual for Political Science. The style manual is not yet available in Milne Library.
- ASA Style
- From California State University at Los Angeles. Guidelines are based on the American Sociological Association Style Guide (REF HM 571 A54 1997).
- CBE (Council of Biology Editors)
- From Ohio State University. Guidelines for writers in science are based on Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers (REF T 11 .S386 1994).
- Chicago Manual of Style
- From Research & Documentation Online by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister. http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c10_s1.html
- Citing Electronic Sources
- From the Library of Congress. Includes styles for films, maps, photographs, recorded sound, texts.
- Online! Citation Styles
- From Bedford/St. Martin's. Provides citation styles for the total range of online information in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CBE styles.