This is a guide for Online MBA.
Whether you are in school or part of the professional world proper formatting is usually standard. Starting in high school, students are introduced to research papers that require citing references. Professionals are encouraged to use citing formats that pertain to that field. Citing sources is an excellent way to avoid plagiarism. The following resources will help students and professionals comprehend and navigate through the four main citing styles.
Humanities
- APA Style Citation: Examples and instructions for citing resources from The American Psychological Association style guide.
- American Sociological Association ASA: A Butler Library guide to ASA style citations to help students with writing research papers.
- Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide: Citation examples for author-date and notes-bibliography taken from the Chicago Manual of Style.
- Chicago Style Citation Guide: Chicago style citation examples for the common citation.
- Columbia Online Style: A student guide for citing online resources.
- Modern Language Association (MLA): Instruction and examples for citing sources in text, a works cited list, and other styles.
- Harvard Style of Referencing: A guide to using the Harvard Style of Referencing.
- MHRA Style: A quick tip sheet for using footnotes for citation and a bibliography.
- Turabian Style: Turabian Style examples for bibliographies.
- (American Anthropological Association (AAA Style): 2009 AAA style guide.
Law
- Bluebooking Guide: Examples and tips to The Bluebook legal citation guide.
- Basic Legal Citation: A legal guide to citation with examples based on the Bluebook.
- Bluebook 101: A guide to Bluebook citation for rules, examples, and tables.
- Bluebook Guide: A thorough guide to using A Uniform System of Citation.
- Citation Cheat sheet: A Bluebook cheat sheet for cases, statutes and constitution, and secondary authorities.
Scientific Citation
- American Chemical Society (ACS): A guide full of examples of common cited sources using the ACS style.
- CSE (CBE) Citation Guide: Citation examples supported by the Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers, 7th edition (2006).
- AIP Style Manual: The American Institute of Physics style manual full fourth edition.
- American Mathematical Society (AMS): Examples of citations for mathematical sources.
- Vancouver Style: Five example citations based from the Vancouver style, commonly referred to as Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals.
- The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): A citation style used for engineering, electronics, and computer science publications.
- Pechenik Citation Style: A quick guide pertaining to the Pechenik Citation Style for journals, books, chapters, reference books, internet articles, and reports.
- Council of Science Editors (CSE) Style: This page provides examples for three forms of citation by the Council of Science Editors formerly known as the Council of Biology Editors.
- Scientific Citation: Guidance for using scientific citation.
- Scientific Research Papers: Timothy T. Allen provides information on when to cite references, how to site references, and list for research papers.
Social Sciences
- Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI): Social science citation index of journals in over 50 social science disciplines.
- APA (American Psychological Association): An in-depth guide to APA guidelines and examples of common formats.
- Style Manual for Political Science: A 2006 edition manual for political science citations.
- Citing Sources: APA: APA citation style for electronic references.
- Science Citation Index: A helpful resource guide in using the SCI and SSCI citation indexes.