Style & Citation Guides
The resources below provide help with APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian style and citation manuals. Several copies of these and other style manuals are located in the Reference Collection on the first floor of the Library.
Research and Citations Resources
- Research and Citation Guide (Created by the Purdue University OWL)
American Psychological Association (APA)
The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the preferred writing style and citation manual for research in Psychology and the Social Sciences. The manual is supplemented by the ebook APA Style Guide to Electronic References (6th ed.).
Resources on APA Style and Documentation, 7th Edition
- APA Style Quick Reference Guide (Created by APA)
- APA Style and Grammar Guidelines (Created by APA)
- APA Style Sample Papers (Created by APA)
- APA Style Blog (Created by APA)
- APA Style Tutorials and Webinars (Created by APA)
- APA Style Guide & APA Online Tutorial (Created by University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- APA Formatting and Style Guide (Created by the Purdue University OWL)
- Official website of the APA (provides limited information on citing and documentation)
- APA 7th Ed. LibGuide (Created by California State University)
- APA 7th Ed. Citation & Style Guide (Created by Middlebury Libraries)
- APA Style (Created by OWL Excelsior Online Writing Lab)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
The MLA’s Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is the preferred writing style and citation manual for research and documentation in Literature and the Humanities.
Resources on MLA Style and Documentation, 8th edition
- Official website of the MLA (provides limited information on citing and documentation)
- MLA Works Cited Quick Guide (Created by MLA)
- MLA Style Guide & MLA Online Tutorial (Created by University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Created by the Purdue University OWL)
- MLA Style (Created by OWL Excelsior Online Writing Lab)
- MLA Style Guide (Created by University of West Florida)
- MLA 8th (Created by Pierce College Library)
Chicago
The Chicago Style Manual is the preferred writing style and citation guide for research in History and related subjects. It is the preferred style manual for research in the Theology program.
Resources on Chicago Style and Documentation, 17th Edition
- CMOS Quick Guide: Author/Date (Created by University of Chicago Press)
- CMOS Quick Guide: Notes/Bibliography (Created by University of Chicago Press)
- CMOS Blog (Created by University of Chicago Press)
- CMOS Guide to Sacred Texts
- Citation Workshop Series: Chicago Style video tutorial (Created by Jonathan Roach, STU Library)
- Author / Date (Created by Jonathan Roach, STU Library)
- Notes / Bibliography (Created by Jonathan Roach, STU Library)
Quick Guide to Turabian Style, 9th Edition
- Citation Quick Guide (Created by the University of Chicago Press)
- Student Paper-Formatting Tip Sheets (Created by the University of Chicago Press)
- Help & Tools (Created by the University of Chicago Press)
Quick Guide to American Political Science Association (APSA) Style, 2018 Edition
- APSA Style Manual (Created by APSA)
- APSA Citation Guide (Created by HPU Libraries)
- APSA Political Science Citation Guide (Created by MacPháidín Library)
- Citing Sources: APSA (Created by University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries)
- Cite Source: APSA (Created by Trinity College)
RefWorks
Use RefWorks, a web-based application, to export citations from your favorite databases, organize your sources, and automatically create APA-, MLA-, or Chicago-formatted bibliographies for your papers. To get started, sign up for a new account using the link at the top of the login form.
