Citation Guides & Style Manuals: Social Sciences

Covers the basics of Chicago style without the depth of the full Chicago Manual of Style

Web guide focusing on the Notes-Bibliography System (NB) often used in the humanities.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Chapter 14.14 explains the notes and bibliography system. Chapter 14.68 and following provides guidance on formatting footnotes and bibliography entries for books, articles, online resources, and other sources.

Online guide.

Format for APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.

From the APA website.

From the APA website.

2-page guide to basics of ASA style

American Sociological Association style guide from OWL (Purdue)

Step-by-step guide; use template for government publication citations in APA or MLA style format

Cornell University; Bluebook cross-references

Indiana University, Bloomington, Libraries guide

Does not cover all styles; its use is not a substitute for checking more complete guidelines. Use it in a pinch, but rely on the other sites contained in the tabs at the top of this guide.