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 2001], MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers [Pius Ref Desk LB2369 .G53 2003], 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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American Heritage Book of the English Usage
http://www.bartleby.com/64/
Subtitled A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English, this work is provided by Bartleby.com. It is the electronic version of Houghton Mifflin's 1996 guide to correct English usage.
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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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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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Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Includes " General Writing Concerns [that has] information about planning, starting to write, pre-writing, revising, and genres of writing. . . Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling [that contains] help with grammar, spelling, and punctuation. . . Research and Documenting Sources [that has] resources for doing research, writing research papers, and documenting sources, including MLA and APA handouts, [and] Professional Writing [with] How-tos about resumes, cover letters, business letters memos, reports." (text from site 5/12/04)
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APA Style Sites
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APAStyle.org - Electronic References
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
This is the APA's current instructions and examples for citing electronic resources based on the APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources (2007) and the 5th edition of the Publication Manual (2001).
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APAStyle.org - Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.apastyle.org/faqs.html
APA FAQs with answers based on the 5th edition of the Publication Manual.
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Citation Sytles Handbook (APA)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/apa/apa.htm
From the Writers' Workshop, Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Using Principles of APA Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite6.html
From ONLINE! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003 Update by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger [TK 5105.875.I57 H364 2000].
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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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Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite7.html
From Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003 Update by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger [TK 5105.875.I57 H364 2000].
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MLA Style Sites
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Citation Styles Handbook : MLA Format
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/citation_styles/mla/mla.htm
From the Universiity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Writers' Workshop.
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MLA Style
http://www.mla.org/
Click on MLA STYLE, then Frequently Asked Questions, to get guidelines for documentation from the Modern Language Association.
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Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
From ONLINE! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources, 2003 Update by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger [TK 5105.875.I57 H364 2000].
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Turabian Style Sites
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Turabian Citation Guide
http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/turabiangd.html
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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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 Electronic Resources
http://www.cyberbee.com/citing.html
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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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Sources
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
From Dartmouth College, this site includes information about citing resources in MLA, APA, and Science formats as well as general information about when to cite sources, why to cite sources, and how to avoid plagiarism.
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