Citation Styles and Examples
The citation style you choose may depend on the style your professor prefers or the discipline in which you are doing research. Styles manuals provide guidelines on how to format the elements of your citation, including the order of the elements, punctuation, and spacing. Style manuals may also contain other useful information such as proper page layout, use of quotations, etc.
Common Citation Styles and Style Manuals
The following style manuals are the most commonly used citation guides for research. They are all available at the Reference Desk at Kennedy Library.
- APA
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th ed., 2001.
BF76.7 .P83 2001 (Ref) - » See APA examples
- CSE
- Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers
T11 .S386 2006 (Ref) - » See CSE examples
- Chicago
- The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed., 2003.
Z253 .U69 2003 (Ref) - » See Chicago examples
- MLA
- MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed., 2003.
LB2369 .G53 2003 (Ref) - » See MLA examples
- Turabian
- A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed., 1996.
LB2369 .T8 2007 (Ref) - » See Turabian examples
Also available at the Reference Desk
- The Columbia Guide to Online Style, 1998. A guide to citing academic documents and resources stored electronically; this interdisciplinary template can be applied to a variety of already established style guides.
PN171.F56 W35 1998 (Ref) - Form and Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses, 12th ed., 2003. Provides citation examples for the APA, Chicago, and MLA styles.
LB2369 .C3 2003 (Ref)
