Guide to Referencing - Citation and Style Guides
When preparing your assignment you need to acknowledge all the materials you quote, paraphrase or mention. Style guides are the conventions used to acknowledge the work of other authors. Students should check course information or consult with academic staff for the style required by your department.
ACS Style - American Chemical Society
ACS Books References Style Guidelines
ACS Style - University of Melbourne Library
ACS Style - Murdoch University Library
ACS Style - UT Arlington Library [pdf]
ACS Style (Penn State University Library) [pdf]
ACS/CAS Abbreviations
(American Chemical Society/ Chemical Abstracts Service)
CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) CAplus Core Journal Coverage List
Science and Engineering Journal Abbreviations
APA Style - American Psychological Association
APA Style - Murdoch University Library
APA Style Citations - Curtin University of Technology [pdf]
APA Style Citations - University of California Berkeley Library [pdf]
APA Style Citation Guide - University of Queensland Library [pdf]
APA Style - Purdue University
A basic guide to using the APA 5th style including examples of in-text and end-of-text references for multiple source types.
APA Style - University of Illinois
APA Style Tips From APA's own website. There are also FAQs.
Concordia Libraries APA Citation Style Guide
Chicago (Turabian) Style
Chicago Style - University of Wisconsin
Harvard (Author-Date) Style
Harvard Style - Monash University
Harvard Style - University of Queensland [pdf]
Harvard Style - University of the Western Cape
Harvard Style - University of Leeds
IEEE Style
IEEE Citation Style Sheet (with Asian Name variation) [pdf]
IEEE - Monash University Library
IEEE - Murdoch University Library
MLA Style - Modern Language Association
MLA Style - University of Illinois
MLA Style - University of Western Australia
Oxford Style
Oxford Style - University of Southern Queensland
Vancouver Style
VANCOUVER method
Unique requirements for manuscripts submuitted to
Biomedical Journals
Citation Styles - citing electronic sources
APA Electronic Reference
Citing internet, email, and database sources. The American Psychological
Association's own guide.
Citation
Guides for Electronic Documents
A list of citation sites
MLA
Style - Documenting Sources From The WWW
The only guidelines authorised by the Modern Languages Association
MLA
Style - Paper and Electronic
From Kingwood College Library, Houston
Style guides - structure, grammar and usage
APA Documentation - University of Wisconsin-Madison
A basic guide to formatting documents in APA 5th style. In addition to information on citations and referencing, this resource provides details of how to format a paper and use grammar, abbreviations, quotes and numbers.
Australian Guide to Legal Citations (Melbourne University) [pdf]
On Line English
Grammar by Anthony Hughes
Comprehensive British education site
Online
Writing Lab - Roane State Community College, U.S.A.
Large amount of information on essay writing, documentation, research,
editing, grammar and punctuation, plus other web links.
Online Writing Lab - Purdue
University, U.S.A.
Another site with large resources to help your writing.
Elements of Style
By William Strunk. Originally published in 1918, this is still an excellent
guide to usage, composition and form.
How
to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
From Cornell University Library
Non-Discriminatory
Presentation & Practice
Guidelines for using non-discriminatory language [from the University
of NSW].
Straight
Talk: Guide to Non-Discriminatory Language
[from the University of New England, Australia].
Plain
English at Work
An Australian guide to writing plain English documents, from DETYA (Department
of Education, Training and Youth Affairs)
Notes on
the Structure of a Scientific Paper
From the University of Canberra's Applied Ecology Research Group
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