Citation and Style Guides

American Chemical Society (ACS)

  • ACS Style Guide
    • Developed by the American Chemical Society, style conventions for citing references within a manuscript and for listing complete reference citations.
  • ACS citation style
    • Basic introduction to the ACS citation style from Concordia University.

American Psychological Association (APA)

  • APA Quick Citation Guide
    • This guide contains examples of common citation formats in APA (American Psychological Association) Style 7th edition.
  • APA Citation Guide
    • Based on the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010). From Ohio State University Libraries.
  • APA Citation Style
    • This short guide from Okanagan College Library covers frequently used citation forms only.
  • APA Style (6th Edition)
    • Integrated lessons on formatting, style, in-text citation, and reference list citation in APA Style (6th Edition).

Chicago style

Council of science editors (CSE)

Harvard style

IEEE style

Medical style

  • Citation & Writing: NLM Style
    • Sources and samples for creating the reference page of your research paper with NLM.
  • NLM Style
    • From Health Science Library, University of Washington.
  • AMA Manual of Style
    • University of Waterloo Guide based on American Medical Association Manual of Style.
  • AMA Style Guide
    • Provides brief examples for both PRINT and ONLINE recommended by the American Medical Association.

Modern language association of America (MLA)

Turabian style

  •  Turabian Style Guide
    • Brief PDF document covering parenthetical citations and bibliography listings for print and e-resources. From Concordia University Libraries.

All styles

  • EasyBib
    • Automatic works cited and bibliography formatting for MLA, APA and Chicago/Turabian citation styles.
  • EndNote
    • EndNote allows you to collect, store and organize citations to journal articles, books, web sites and more. Endnotes automatically formats your papers and bibliographies to any style you specify (e.g. APA, MLA, CBE and more). Watch YouTube Video on how to use EndNote.
  • Google Scholar Citation
    • Google scholar provides citations for articles from the search result list (currently MLA, APA, Chicago, Harvard and etc.).
  • Mendeley
    • This link provides access to video tutorials related to using the citation management tool Mendeley.
  • Citation Management Tools
    • This page discusses different citation management software, including Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote. From Cornell University Library.