Online Style Guides - General
Fully citing your sources allows you to:
- give credit to the people whose ideas inspired you
- give your reader a sense for how you did your research
- give your reader enough information to hunt down the documents if they want to read further
- Sources: their use and acknowledgementCreated for Dartmouth undergraduate students. Discusses proper citing practices and plagiarism.
Style Manuals for APA, CBE, Chicago & MLA
APA (American Psychological Association) style is used widely in the Social Sciences. CBE (Council of Biology Editors - now Council of Science Editors) style is used widely throughout the Sciences. Chicago style forms the basis for History, Anthropology, and other styles. MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used in Humanities disciplines such as English and Comparative Literature.
- Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.)Baker-Berry Ref. BF76.7 .P83 2010
Unfortunately, the APA handbook isn't available online. Paper copies are also available in Reference at Dana and Matthews-Fuller Libraries (same call number), as well as at the Berry Information Desk. - Chicago Manual of StyleOnline!
Paper copy in Baker Berry Reference Z253 .C57
See library catalog record for additional copies - A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers / Kate L. TurabianBaker-Berry Ref. LB2369 .T8 2007
- MLA handbook for writers of research papers (7th ed.)Baker-Berry Ref. LB2369 .G53 2009
Unfortunately, the MLA handbook isn't available online. Paper copies are also available at the Berry Information Desk and the Reserve Desk (basement of Baker) - Scientific style and format : the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers (7th ed.)Dana Library Reference
T11 .S386 2006 - Scientific journal abbreviations @ the Nat'l Library of MedicineCan't figure out a cryptic journal abbreviation? Search the abbreviation in the National Library of Medicine's catalog of journals covered in their databases (including PubMed)
More online tools
Great for basic publications, but it doesn't seems to get the details right on more specialized materials.- Zotero
A free bibliographic citation manager supporting multiple citation styles, including APA, Chicago & MLA. Available as either a Firefox browser plug-in or as a standalone application.