Style & Citation Guides

The following websites include citation guidelines in accordance with APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian, and other documentation style manuals. You may wish to consult the official publications in the our Reference Collection for fuller information on style and citation formats.

American Psychological Association (APA)

The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the preferred writing style and citation manual for research in Psychology and the Social Sciences.

Quick Guides to APA Style and Documentation, 6th edition

• APA 6th edition style guide (Created by Jonathan Roach, STU Library)
• APA Documentation Style (Created by University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• APA Style Guide & APA Online Tutorial (Created by University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
• APA Formatting and Style Guide (Created by the Purdue University OWL)
• APA Style 6th ed. Guide (Research and Documentation Online, 5th edition. by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister)

Official website of the APA: http://www.apa.org/ (provides limited information on citing and documentation)

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Modern Language Association (MLA)

The MLA's Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is the preferred writing style and citation manual for research and documentation in Literature and the Humanities.

Quick Guides to MLA Style and Documentation, 7th edition

• Modern Language Association (MLA) (Created by University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• MLA Style Guide & MLA Online Tutorial (Created by University of Southern Mississippi Libraries)
• MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Created by the Purdue University OWL)
• MLA Style 7th ed. Guide (Research and Documentation Online, 5th edition. by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister)

Official website of the MLA: http://www.mla.org/ (provides limited information on citing and documentation)

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Chicago/Turabian

The Chicago Style Manual is the preferred writing style and citation guide for research in History and related subjects.

It is the preferred style manual for research in the School of Theology and Ministry.

Quick Guides to Chicago Style and Documentation, 16th edition

• Author / Date (Created by Jonathan Roach, STU Library)
• Notes / Bibliobraphy (Created by Jonathan Roach, STU Library)
• Research and Citation Guide (Created by the Purdue University OWL)
• Chicago Style 16th ed. Guide (Research and Documentation Online, 5th edition. by Diana Hacker and Barbara Fister)

Quick Guide to Chicago, 15th edition & Turabian, 6th edition.

• Chicago/Turabian Documentation Style (Created by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)

Quick Guide to Turabian style, 7th edition

• Bibliography & Notes (Created by the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries.)

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The following style and citation guides are available in print on the Library's Ready Reference shelf in the Reference area.

Please, see a Reference librarian for help locating these manuals.

• A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian, 6th edition
• A Writer’s Reference by Diana Hacker, 6th edition
• Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition
• CNS Stylebook on Religion, 3rd edition
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th and 7th editions
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th and 6th editions
• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 18th and 19th editions

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