Style Guides

Find the right citation guide for your research paper.

APA Style

APA (American Psychological Association) is the most commonly used style to cite sources in the social sciences.

Find a guide to:

• APA Style 6th edition [PDF, 159 kB]
  
• Learn how to make an APA citation
  
• APA Style 5th edition [PDF, 158 kB]

MLA Style

MLA (Modern Languages Association) is the most common citation style for writing in the humanities.

• MLA Style 7th edition [PDF, 129 kB]
  
• MLA Style 6th edition [PDF, 569 kB]
  

Chicago Style

The Chicago Manual of Style is used in disciplines in many disciplines that prefer using footnotes or endnotes to cite sources.

• Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition Quick Guide [Online]
• The complete Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition [Online]
• The complete Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition [Online]

Citing in the health professions

• Citing Medicine: NLM Style Guide for authors, editors and publishers 
  
• Instructions to authors in the Health Sciences: Direct links to dozens of journal publishers instructions for publication
• Vancouver Style: Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals (2008)
  • Sample references 
  • Journals following these uniform requirements
• Help for students in health professions: Kellogg.Library@dal.ca
  

Subject specific citiation styles

• Chicago Manual of Style (15th Edition)
  
• CSE (Science Style & Format)
• IEEE Citation Style (Computer Science) [PDF, 326 kB]
  
  • IEEE site 
  • Examples (ACM, APA, IEEE)
• General Dalhousie guide to citing source

Managing citations

Refworks is an efficient, popular online system for gathering and editing the bibliographies for your research papers.

• Refworks 
• Zotero (Computer Science)
  

Avoiding plagiarism

When writing research papers you enter into an academic dialogue. The importance of understanding the responsibilities the academic community places on you as a writer cannot be understated.

• Bookmark Dalhousie’s Academic Integrity site. This site outlines the standards of of conduct that must be met.
  
• The Plagiarism tutorial You quote it, you note it provides you with the tools to avoid avoid plagiarism.