Citation and Style Guides Research Guide

• Why cite? (from Williams College)
• What/When to cite? (from Williams College)
• How to cite? (from Williams College)

Citation and Style Guides

AAA (American Anthropological Association)
Available online as PDF.

ACS (American Chemical Society)
Examples online at:

• ACS Style Guidelines  (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
• ACS (American Chemical Society) Style Guidelines Quick Guide   (U.C. Berkeley)

APA (Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association)
Examples online at:

• Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style  (Publisher)
• APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University)

ASA (American Sociological Association)
Examples online at:

• ASA Style (OWL at Purdue)

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Examples online at:

• Chicago-Style Quick Guide (Publisher)
• Chicago Manual of Style 16th ed.  (OWL at Purdue)
• Chicago Style (Research & Documentation Online)

CSE (Council of Science Editors)
Examples online at:

•  CSE Quick Citation Guides (Penn State)

MLA (MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers)
Examples online at:

• MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide (OWL at Purdue)
• MLA Style Guide (Research & Documentation Online)

Turabian (Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 7th edition)
Examples online at:

• Turabian Quick Guide (publisher)

Writing and Plagiarism

Annotated Bibliographies
Middlebury College Libraries handout describing annotated bibliographies with examples.

How to Recognize Plagiarism
Tutorial from the School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington. Gives examples of what is plagiarism and shows how to avoid it.

Middlebury Student Handbook: Academic Honesty, Honor Code, Disciplinary Policies
Describes Middlebury College expectations of students regarding academic honesty and the honor code.

OWL at Purdue University
Purdue's OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides guides to writing and creating citations.

Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing Guide
Guide from Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL).

Writing Center (Middlebury College)
Situated in the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research (Davis Family Library), the Writing Center provides students the opportunity to meet with writing program faculty and peer writing tutors at every stage of the writing process.

Middlebury Editorial Style Guide
When you are trying to decide whether to capitalize a person’s title, whether to hyphenate certain words, how to format a vertical list, and other questions related to form, refer to this guide. It addresses the most commonly asked questions about Middlebury's editorial style (from College Communications)