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Citation Guides & Style Manuals: Social Sciences

Chicago

Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
Covers the basics of Chicago style without the depth of the full Chicago Manual of Style

The Chicago Manual of Style
Call Number: SC Young Reference Z253 .U69 2017

Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Chapter 14.2 explains the notes and bibliography system. Chapter 14.19 and following provides guidance on formatting footnotes and bibliography entries for books, articles, online resources, and other sources.

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Completely searchable online version of this important style manual, providing quick answers to style, editing, and citation format questions (for print and electronic sources).
Chicago Manual of Style. 17th ed. Notes & Bibliography
Web guide focusing on the Notes-Bibliography System (NB) often used in the humanities.

Turabian

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian
Call Number: ref LB 2369 .T8 2013

Neilson has multiple copies.
Art, Josten, Science have earlier editions.

Turabian Style (University of Southern Mississippi)
Online guide.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition.
Call Number: ref BF 76.7 .P83 2010

Multiple copies in Neilson, Science

American Psychological Association (APA) Style - (OWL @ Purdue University)
Format for APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
APA Style Guide to Electronic References, 6th. ed.
American Psychological Association Style - Frequently Asked Questions
From the APA website.
DOI and URL flowchart
From the APA website.

Other

American Anthropological Association (AAA) Style Guide
American Sociological Association (ASA) Quick Style Guide
2-page guide to basics of ASA style
ASA References Page Formatting
American Sociological Association style guide from OWL (Purdue)
DocsCite [ASU Libraries]
Step-by-step guide; use template for government publication citations in APA or MLA style format
Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
Cornell University; Bluebook cross-references
Citing U.S. Government Publications
Indiana University, Bloomington, Libraries guide

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