Style Manuals and Other Guides
APA | ACS | CBE | Chicago | MLA |
Turabian | Electronic | OtherGuides
In accordance with Austin College's Academic Integrity policy, all sources, print and electronic, must be sited correctly within the text and in a list of works cited. Citation formats or "styles" vary for each discipline. Check with your professor or your course syllabus if you need to know which style manual to follow.
Please refer to the guides below to help you correctly credit information sources from books, journals, magazines, web pages, etc. used in your research papers. Read Why Cite? for a thorough explanation of the importance of citing sources.
APA (American Psychological Association)
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Citing References In Your Paper from The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
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Citing Sources from Owens Library Northwest Missouri State University.
Guides to Cite It! from University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.
Style Tips from APA.org
ACS (American Chemical Society)
CBE (Council of Biology Editors)
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Citing References In Your Paper from The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
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Citing Sources from Owens Library Northwest Missouri State University.
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Online! Citation Styles from Online!: A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger
Chicago
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Citing References In Your Paper from The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
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Citing Sources from Owens Library Northwest Missouri State University.
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Guides to Cite It! from University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.
- Chicago Style Citation Quick Guide from the Chicago Manual of Style Online.
MLA (Modern Language Association)
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Citing References In Your Paper from The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
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Citing Sources from Owens Library Northwest Missouri State University.
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Guides to Cite It! from University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.
Turabian
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Citing References In Your Paper from The Writing Center at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
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Citing Sources from Owens Library Northwest Missouri State University.
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Guides to Cite It! from University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia.
Instructions for Citing Electronic Sources
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Citing Net Sources > Quick Guide from Ohio State University Libraries. Includes only APA and MLA examples.
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Documenting Electronic Sources from Purdue's Online Writing Lab. Includes APA, CBE, Chicago, MLA, and other style manuals.
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Electronic Style, the final frontier by George H. Hoemann of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Includes APA, Chicago, and MLA.
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Online! The Reference Guide to Using Online Resources, 2003 Update. Includes APA, CBE, Chicago, and MLA.
Other Guides
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Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications from University of Memphis.
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General Guidelines for Citing Government Publications from Government Documents Department, University of North Texas.
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Guide To Citing U.S. Government Publications from Indiana University.
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Sources, their use and acknowledgement from Dartmouth College.




