Citing Your Work
Online Citation Guides
Different disciplines require different citation formats, i.e., the order of the elements in the citation and the use of punctuation marks vary. Ask your faculty which style guide is appropriate for the course. Be consistent. Be precise.
APA
- APAStyle.org (American Psychological Association)
- APA Style Citations (University of California Berkeley Library)
- Using APA Format
Chicago
- Chicago Manual of Style Online (Quick Guide)
- Writer's Handbook: Chicago Style Documentation (University of Wisconsin)
- Chicago Manual of Style (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
- Online! Guide to Chicago Style (Bedford St. Martin's)
MLA
- MLA Citation Style (Cornell)
- MLA Style Citations (University of California Berkeley Library)
- Online! Guide to MLA Style (Bedford St. Martin's)
- MLA Documentation (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Using MLA Format (Purdue)
Turabian
- Turabian Citation Style Examples (Northwest Missouri State University)
Academy of Management Journal
American Anthropological Association
American Journal of Botany
ACS (American Chemical Society)
APSA (American Political Science Association)
ASA (American Sociological Association)
GSA (Geological Society of America)
Harvard Business School
National Library of Medicine
ASM (American Society of Mammalogists)
Citing Internet/Electronic Resources
- APA Style.org : Electronic References
- Citing eBooks Using APA and MLA Guidelines (NetLibrary)
- Library of Congress: How to Cite Electronic Sources
- Online! Citation Styles
- Citing Web Resources: Lafayette College Libraries


