Charles W. Chesnutt Library - Reference Department
Style Manuals and Information on Writing Papers
Style Manuals are available in print at the Reference Desk or on Reserves at the Circulation Desk, which are both located on the first floor of the Library. There are also titles located in the Main Stacks.
- ASA Style Guide (American Sociological Association) 3rd ed. - Ready Ref HM 569 .A54 2007
- Bedford Guide for College Writers: with Reader, Research Guide and Manual 7th ed. - Ref and Main Stacks PE 1408 .K49 2005 and on Reserves under Harrington
- Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook - Ref PN 4784 .B75 P36 2010
- Chicago Manual of Style 15th ed. - Ready Ref Z 253 .U69 2003
- Cite right : a quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More - REF PN 171 .F56 L55 2006 CONTENTS: Chicago (or Turabian) citations -- MLA citations for the humanities -- APA citations for the social sciences, education, engineering, and business -- AAA citations for anthropology and ethnography -- CSE citations for the biological sciences -- AMA citations for the biomedical sciences, medicine, and nursing -- ACS citations for chemistry -- Physics, astrophysics, and astronomy citations -- Mathematics and computer science citations -- Bluebook legal citations -- ALWD legal citations -- FAQs about all reference styles
- Complete Your Dissertation or Thesis in Two Semesters or Less - Main Stacks LB 2369 .O33 2006
- The Criminal Justice Student Writer's Manual 2nd ed.- Main Stacks HV 9950 .C74323 2002 and Ref copy on Reserves under Grohe
- The Essentials of Sports Reporting and Writing - Main Stacks PN 4784 .S6 .R45 2009
- Feature Writing: the Pursuit of Excellence (Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines) - Main Stacks PN 4784 .F37 F75 2011
- Guide to Business Style and Usage - Ref PN 4783 .W36 2003
- A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations (Turabian) - Ready Ref LB 2369 .T87 1996
- MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (MLA) 3rd ed. - Ready Ref PN 147 .G444 2008
- On Compiling an Annotated Bibliography (MLA) - Ref Z 1001 .H33 2000
- Portable Dissertation Advisor - Main Stacks LB 1742 .B79 2004
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) 5th ed. - Ready Ref BF 76.7 .P83 2001
- Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (Council of Biology Editors) - Ref T 11 .S396 1994
- St. Martin's Guide to Writing - Main Stacks PE 1408 .A94 2010
- A Style and Usage Guide to Writing About Music - Ref ML 3797 .D76 2010
- Technical Writing: Process and Product 5th ed. - Ref PE 1475 .G47 2006
- Writing for Digital Media - Main Stacks PN 171 .o55 C37 2010
- Writing Research Papers: a Complete Guide 12th ed. - Main Stacks - LB 2369 .L4 2007
- Writing the Research Paper: a Handbook 6th ed. - Ref LB 2369 .W55 2003
- Writing Your Thesis 2nd ed. - Main Stacks LB 2369 .O55 2008
Selected Web Sites on Citing References and Writing Papers
- 4hb.Com, Letters and Forms, Over 550 Sample Business Letters
- AIP (American Institute of Physics) Style Manual
- APA (American Psychological Association) Citation Guide Ohio State University Libraries
- APA Citation Style: APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources, 2007, Long Island University
- APA Style (6th) Quick Guide, Dalhousie University Libraries
- APA Online: APA Style.org
- APA Online: APA Style.org - Basics of APA Style: Tutorial
- APA Online: APA Style.org - General Guidelines for Reducing Bias: Guidelines for Unbiased Language
- APA Online: APA Style.org - Reducing Bias By Topic: 3.13 Sexual Orientation
- ASA (American Sociological Association) Style, E. H. Butler Library, Buffalo State University
- ASA Quick Style Guide, American Sociological Association
- ASA Style Citations (American Sociological Association), Trinity University
- ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) On-Line Authors' Guide
- Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
- Chicago Manual of Style
- Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide Ohio State University Libraries
- Citation Builder, SourceAid. Assists with creating citations in APA, MLA, Chicago Manual of Style, and Council of Sciene Editors.
- Citation Builder, North Carolina State University. Assists with creating citations in different styles.
- Citation Machine by Landmark, Assists with creating citations in MLA and APA style.
- Citation Wizard, 21st Century Information Fluency Project
- Citing Electronic/Online Sources in MLA Format University Laboratory High School Library, Urbana, Illinois
- Citing Music, Music Library, University of Western Ontario
- Citing Net Sources, Quick Guide Ohio State University Libraries
- Citing Sources: Duke University Libraries A page that provides examples of citations for different styles.
- Columbia Guide to Online Style
- Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online, Guides to the Humanities, Social Sciences, History and Sciences. Also provides examples of how papers should be formatted.
- EasyBib, Assists with creating a bibliography in MLA format.
- Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
- Elements of Style by William Strunk at Bartleby.Com
- Formatting in Sociology (ASA Style), OWL at Purdue
- Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation.
- Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association.
- Guide to Grammar and Writing Capital Community College Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut
- How to Cite Film, Video and Online Media Library, University of California, Berkeley
- How to Cite InfoTrac and GaleNet Resources
- How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography Produced by the Reference Department Collections, Reference, Instruction & Outreach (CRIO), Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY, USA We received permission to link to it for our use.
- How to Prepare Bibliographic Citations, Georgia Southern University. The Citation Style Guides provide examples of how to cite APA, MLA, Turabian and Web Pages.
- How to Prepare Bibliographic Citations in APA Style Macon State College
- How to Prepare Bibliographic Citations in MLA Style Macon State College
- How to Prepare Bibliographic Citations for Gale Reference Books Macon State College
- InfoPlease's Homework Center on Writing Skills Contains information on how to write essays, a research paper, a biography, a book report, a bibliography, and tips on spelling and grammar.
- MLA Online Choose MLA Style. "These guidelines on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America."
- MLA Style (7th) Quick Guide, Dalhousie University Libraries
- Modern Language Association (MLA) Citation Guide Ohio State University Libraries
- Online, Citation Styles Includes MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), Chicago Style, CBE (Council of Biology Editors) and other styles to cite and document sources.
- OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University An extensive website that provides detailed information on different kinds of writing from cover letters to theses, grammar and sentence and paragraph structure, different citation styles in different disciplines.
- Plagiarism Tutorial, University of Southern Mississippi
- Reference.Com Has a "Cite This Source" link to assist with creating citations in APA, MLA and Chicago Manual of Style.
- Resources for Documenting Sources Arranged by Discipline (anthropology, biology, chemistry, English, engineering, geology, government, history, information sciences and computer science, journalism, law and legal studies, linguistics, mathematics, management, medicine, physics, psychology, political science, and sociology) OWL Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
- Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
- Son of Citation Machine An interactive web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties.
- Turabian Citation Guide Ohio State University Libraries
- Turabian Style, Format for Bibliographies University of Georgia Libraries
- Uncle Sam: Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications, University of Memphis
- University of Alberta Libraries Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources
- Write Place Catalogue, LEO: Literacy Education Online, St. Cloud State University Provides information on different styles and types of writing, including sentence structure, grammar and punctuation.
- Writing Center's Writer's Handbook University of Wisconsin-Madison. Excellent source on types of writing from letters to research papers, dissertations to reviews and annotated bibliographies. Also includes how to cite materials used in different styles, tips on grammar and avoiding plagiarism.