This page lists some sites that link to a variety of common style and citation guides.
IFLA Citation Guides for Electronic Documents
Research and Documentation Online
A guide by Diana Hacker that shows how to format a research paper and its bibliography according to MLA, APA and CBE formats.
MLA Style Guides
MLA Format
Brief guide to MLA style, 7th Edition, created by MLibrary.
MLA Format
MLA style guide put together by the Writers' Workshop at the University of Illinois.
APA Style Guides
APA 6th Edition
A guide to citations using the most recent version of the APA style manual; from Shapiro Undergraduate Library.
APA Format
APA style guide put together by the Writers' Workshop at the University of Illinois.
APA Style Guide Tutorial
General information useful for compiling a bibliography based on APA style presented by the University of Southern Mississippi.
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
Information from the APA on how to cite electronic sources.
Web Extension to American Psychological Associaton Style
The newest modifications to APA's guidelines on how to cite electronic documents. Links in the bibliography to some style guides.
Chicago Manual of Style
Chicago Manual of Style
Complete online access to the 15th (2003) and 16th (2010) editions.
- Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide (brief guide and examples of specific citation types)
- 16th Edition, full-text
Turabian Style Guide
Citation Guide - Turabian
From Concordia University Libraries
AAA Style Guides
American Anthroppological Association (AAA) Style Guide
This guide is an outline of style rules basic to AAA style.
Other
Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
How to cite a variety of government publications according to the Chicago Manual of Style.
Grammar and Compositional Style Guides
American Heritage Book of English Usage
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Guide to English grammar and composition. Includes quizzes to test your knowledge of grammar, an AskGrammar link where you can ask a grammar question via email, and an archive of previously asked grammar questions.
Elements of Style
1918 edition of Strunk and White's Elements of Style.
Guide to Grammar and Style
A variety of grammatical rules, comments on style, and usage suggestions.
Writer's Handbook
A handbook from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center. There is a particularly useful section on how to write annotated bibliographies.
