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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 - From APA's own website. There are also FAQs.

Concordia Libraries APA Citation Style Guide

Australian Guide to Legal Citation


Australian Guide to Legal Citation Melbourne University Law Review Association

Australian Guide to Legal Citation (AGLC) Victoria University

Legal Citation Guide Murdoch University

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 Standards Style Manual

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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