Style Guides
What is a Style Guide?
Style Guides (also called a Manual of Style) define the standards and protocols for writing, formatting, and designing documents. Guides typically include sections on how to format footnotes, endnotes, and parenthetical citations; bibliographies; and punctuation, page formatting, and other elements of language and writing.
What citation style should I use?
Use the Style Guides most commonly used by your discipline. If you are unsure of which style to use, ask your instructor.
- Arts – Chicago notes and bibliography system or Modern Languages Association (MLA)
- Biology – Council of Science Editors (CSE)
- Chemistry – American Chemical Society (ACS)
- History – Chicago notes and bibliography system
- Humanities – Chicago notes and bibliography system or Modern Languages Association (MLA)
- Literature – Modern Languages Association (MLA)
- Psychology – American Psychological Association (APA)
- Social Sciences - American Psychological Association (APA) or Chicago author-date system
ACS: American Chemical Society
APA: American Psychological Association
- APA Formatting and Style Guide by Purdue OWL (7th edition, 2019)
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association by American Psychological Association [PRINT]:Corette Library Reference: BF76.7 .P83 2020
- APA Style Guide Blog
- Answers common questions and includes tips for citing new media.
ASA - American Sociological Association
- ASA Formatting and Style Guide by Purdue OWL
- The Sociology Student Writer's Manual [Print]: Corette Library Reference: HM585 .S638 2006 Ref-
CMS - Chicago Manual of Style
- Chicago Manual of Style Guide by Purdue OWL
- Chicago Manual of Style: Quick Citation Guide
- Chicago Manual of Style [Print]: Corette Library Reference: Z253 .U69 2010
CSE - Council of Science Editors
- CSE Style Guide by University of Wisconsin
- Scientific Style and Format by Council of Science Editors [print]: Corette Library Reference: T11.S386 2014
MLA - Modern Language Association
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide by Purdue OWL
- MLA Handbook (8th edition) [print]: Corette Library Reference: LB2369 .M52 2016