Style Guides & Manuals
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Style guides available in each of the University Libraries. Some of the guides available include Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association [Pius Ref Desk BF 76.7 P83 2010], MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers [Pius Ref Desk LB 2369 .G53 2009], Chicago Manual of Style [Pius Ref Desk Z253 .U69 2003], Turabian's A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers [Pius Ref Desk LB2369 .T8 2007]. To find others, search the Saint Louis Universtiy Libraries Catalog by subject, Authorship Style Manuals, Printing Style Manuals, or Report Writing Handbooks, Manuals, etc.
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General
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Elements of Style - Strunk
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
1918 edition of this work initially made available by Project Bartleby at Columbia University. This has now become part of the Bartleby Library.
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The King's English - Fowler
http://www.bartleby.com/116/index.html 1908 edition of this work was initially provided by Project Bartleby at Columbia University. This has now become part of the Bartleby Library.
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OWL at Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/search.php
Includes
sections about The Writing Process; Professional, Technical, and Job Search Writing; General Academic Writing; Research and Citation; and more. See below for specific sections on citation style.
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APA Style Sites
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APA Style
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/
Provides tutorials for APA style such as the Basics of APA Style and What's New in the Sixth Edition?
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APA Style - Frequently Asked Questions
http://search.apastyle.org/?query=&facet=stylecontenttype:FAQ
APA FAQs with answers based on the 6th edition of the Publication Manual.
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APA - Citation Styles - Currently providing support for the 5th edition.
http://www.cws.uiuc.edu/workshop/writers/citation/apa/
From the Writers' Workshop, Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Owl at Purdue - APA Formatting and Style Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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Research and Documentation Online: Social Sciences: Overview
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/social.html
From Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fourth Edition, by Diana Hacker.
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Chicago Manual Style Sites
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Chicago Citation Style
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citchi.htm
Provided by the library at the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University, this site gives some examples of basic types of sources using the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style.
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Chicago Manual of Style Online, Fifteenth Edition
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
From the University of Chicago, the publisher of the Chicago Manual of Style, this site contains the complete contents of the print Chicago Manual of Style, Fifteenth Edition, Q&As about various aspects of Chicago Style including citing electronic sources and offering the opportunity to submit a question if not included; a Manuscript Preparation section with general tips for formatting; and a Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide section containing citation examples. Access available to current SLU students, faculty, and staff.
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Owl at Purdue - Chicago Manual of Style
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/
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Research and Documentation Online: Researching History : Overview
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/history.html
From Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fourth Edition, by Diana Hacker.
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MLA Style Sites
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MLA - Citation Styles
http://www.cws.uiuc.edu/workshop/writers/citation/mla/
From the Writers' Workshop, Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the MLA Handbook - 7th edition
http://www.mla.org/handbook_faq
Guidelines for documentation from the Modern Language Association.
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Frequently Asked Questions about the MLA Style Manual - 3rd edition
http://www.mla.org/style_faq
Guidelines for citation and writing from the Modern Language Association.
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Owl at Purdue - MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
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Research and Documentation Online: Humanities: Overview
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/humanities.html
From Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Fourth Edition, by Diana Hacker.
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Turabian Style Sites
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Turabian Citation Guide
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/turabiangd.php
From the library at Ohio State University, this site gives examples for footnote, bibliography, and in-text citation from the 6th edition of Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.
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Turabian Citation Style
http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/cittur.htm
From the library on the C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University, this site provides basic examples for using Turabian.
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Turabian Style: Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition)
http://www.bridgew.edu/Library/turabian.cfm
From the Clement C. Maxwell Library at Bridgewater State College.
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Citation Builders & Managers
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Citation Builder
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/lobo2/citationbuilder/citationbuilder.php
From North Carolina State University Libraries, this resource lets you "build" your own citations in MLA, APA, or CBE format by entering information for a book, scholarly article, book chapter or essay, Web site, or personal interview.
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EasyBib - Free Automatic Citation and Bibliography Maker
http://www.easybib.com/
Create citations and bibliographys in MLA style or APA style (Get it free through TrialPay)
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Zotero
http://www.zotero.org/
A free Web browser extension to help you collect, manage, and create references and bibliographies. Works only with Firefox 3.0, Netscape Navigator 9.0, or Flock 2.0 for Windows, Mac, or Linux.
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Sites with Links to Additional Resources
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Citation and Style Guides
http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/citations.html
From Condordia University Libraries in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this site includes Turabian and Chicago styles as well as MLA and APA.
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Citing Print and Electronic Sources
http://library.weber.edu/ref/guides/howto/citing.cfm
Includes MLA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, and Council of Biology Editors (CBE) sections.
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Citing Sources
http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/
From Duke Libraries' Guide to Library Research, this site covers APA, MLA, Chicago Style, and Turabian.
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How to Cite Electronic Sources
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/start/cite/index.html
From the Library of Congress, this page gives examples for citing Internet sources such as films, legal documents, maps, photographs, recorded sound, special presentations, and texts for MLA and Turabian styles.
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Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (LII 2007)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/
By Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School, this site provides guidence in using the Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 2005 edition, [Ref. KF 245 .B58] and the ALWD Citation Manual, 3nd edition, 2006. The print edition, The Bluebook : A Uniform System of Citation is available in Pius Library [Ref. KF 245 .B58].
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