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General Style Manuals:
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Style Manuals for Specific Sci/Tech Disciplines:
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Online tools for citing and managing references

  • RefWorks
    RefWorks is a user-friendly, web based system to manage your citations. Using Refworks, you're able upload citations from library research databases and create, search and maintain your own personal citations database. These citations can then be easily inserted in papers using using Microsoft Word, and automatically generate bibliographies in multiple citation styles (APA, MLA, etc). Refworks also offers several helpful tutorials in their 'Help' section.
    ASU Libraries Catalog Record
  • DocsCite (Government Documents Department) - Online tool to help put government publication citations into proper style format.
    http://lib.asu.edu/govdocs/docscite

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General Style Manuals

Style manuals show how to format bibliographies and footnotes; some also provide information on outlining, editing and writing. If your instructor has not specified a particular format or recommended a style manual, consult one of the following, widely-used manuals. These four general style manuals are used in some sci/tech publications and disciplines and may also be used in student papers.

ASU graduate students may want to also consult the ASU Graduate College Format Manual (http://graduate.asu.edu/formatmanual/)

APA Citation Style (American Pschological Association)

Visit your home campus' library's reference department for the latest print edition of the The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association,5th Edition (ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

Instructions for the APA style:

Citing electronic/online sources in APA style:

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MLA Citation Style (Modern Language Association Style)

Visit your home campus' library's reference department for the latest print edition of the The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (ASU Libraries Catalog Record).

Instructions for the MLA style:

Citing electronic/online sources in MLA style:

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Chicago Style

Visit your home campus' library's reference department for the latest print edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (ASU Libraries Catalog Record).

Instructions for the Chicago style:

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Turabian Style

Visit your home campus' library's reference department for the latest print edition of the Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. (ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

Instructions for the Turabian style

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General Citation Help Resources Online

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Style Manuals for Specific Sci/Tech Disciplines

Prepared by the Noble Science Library

Some style manuals are developed for specific subject areas or publications. Also, many journals and societies publish "instructions for authors" as guides for individuals submitting papers for publication. These guides vary greatly and could include everything from the size of margins to the use of correct nomenclature. Information that may be of use for student papers would be how to cite references, how to format the paper, and writing tips.

Some of the following "styles" promote a shortened form of bibliographic citation that may not be acceptable to some instructors. Students are advised to check with their instructors before selecting one of these guides.

Biology

  • Council of Biology Editors Style Manual Committee. Scientific Style and Format: the CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 6th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
    QH 304 .C33 1994 (ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

    Instructions for the CBE style are available at CBE Documentation Style (University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center)
    http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocCBE.html

  • CBE - Council of Biology Editors (Writing Center, Colorado State University)
    http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/sources/cbe/
  • ASM Style Manual for Journals and Books. Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology, 1991.
    QR 11 .A44x (Noble Science Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)
  • Author's Guide to Biomedical Journals: Complete Manuscript Submission Instructions for 235 Leading Biomedical Periodicals. 2nd ed. Larchmont NY: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 1996.
    R119 .A97 1996 (ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

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Chemistry

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Earth Sciences

  • Clark, Suzanne M., Mary L. Larsgaard and Cynthia M. Teague. Cartographic citations : a style guide. Chicago: Map and Geography Round Table, American Library Association, 1992.
    GA 108.7 .C55x 1992 (Noble Science Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)
  • Cochran, Wendell. Geowriting: A Guide to Writing, Editing, and Printing in Earth Science. 3rd ed. Falls Church, VA: American Geological Institute, 1979.
    QE 48.85 .C62 1979 (Noble Science Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)
  • Hansen, Wallace R. Suggestions to Authors of the Reports of the Untied States Geological Survey. 7th ed. Reston, VA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey; 1991.
    I 19.2:Su 3/5/991 (Hayden US Documents Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)
  • Writer's Guide to Periodicals in Earth Science. 2d ed. Alexandria VA: American Geological Institute, 1986
    QE48.85 .W743x 1986 (Noble Science Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

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Engineering

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Health Sciences

  • American Medical Association Manual of Style. 9th ed. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007.
    R119 .A533 2007 (ASU Libraries Catalog Record)
  • Author's Guide to Biomedical Journals: Complete Manuscript Submission Instructions for 235 Leading Biomedical Periodicals. 2nd ed. Larchmont NY: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 1996.
    R119 .A97 1996 (Noble Science Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)
  • Patrias, Karen. National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation. Bethesda: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section, 1991.
    R 119 .P38X 1991 (ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

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Mathematics

  • Author Packages for Publishing with the AMS Provides links for retrieval of style manual information for manuscripts that are to be sent to the American Mathematical Association. Retrieval for booklets for AMS-TeX and AMS-LaTeX are provided. In addition generic packages, and packages for specific publications can also be retrieved along with copyright and other legal notices.
    http://www.ams.org/tex/author-info.html
  • "A Manual for Authors of Mathematical Papers." Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Volume 63, no. 5, September 1962.
    QA 1 .A52 (Noble Science Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

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Patents/Trademarks

  • Patents and Trademarks Style Manual: A Supplement to the United States Government Printing Office Style Manual. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1984.
    T 223 .K6 U56x 1984 (ASU Libraries Catalog Record)

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Physics

  • AIP Style Manual. 4th ed. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1990.
    QC 5.45 .A45 1990 (Noble Science Only - ASU Libraries Catalog Record)
  • American Institute of Physics: Author Services:
    This site provides all necessary links to web pages that deal with the preparation of a manuscript for publication in AIP journals. This information should be used in concert with the AIP Style Manual.
    http://www.aip.org/pubservs/authserv.html

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