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Citation Management Tools: Style Manuals and Citation Guides

Keep track of articles and books. Make annotations. Create citations and bibliographies easily.

Style Manuals and Citation Guides

Below are links to style guides and manuals used by different disciplines.

Social Sciences

American Psychological Association (APA)
• APA Style Guide to Electronic References (6th edition)
• APA Formatting and Style Guide (7th edition) / Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
American Sociological Association (ASA) - Quick Guide
Chicago Manual of Style
Citation for Anthropology
MLA Handbook Plus
Online access to the current 9th edition (2021). Also includes online versions of additional reference works:
• MLA Guide to Digital Literacy (2019).
• MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature (2019).
Citing Data / ICPSR
Guidance on constructing bibliographic citations for datasets. Also see:
• IASSIST Quick Guide to Data Citation (PDF handout).

Humanities and Arts

Chicago Manual of Style
MLA Handbook Plus
Online access to the current 9th edition (2021). Also includes online versions of additional reference works:
• MLA Guide to Digital Literacy (2019).
• MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature (2019).
Modern Language Association (MLA) - Style Center
Citation for Anthropology

Penn Guides

APA Citation Overview

Math and Sciences

Excelsior OWL Citation Guides

The Excelsior Online Writing Lab is an option for finding examples for the most up-to-date guidelines for these citation styles

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