Print Style Manuals
The titles below provide information for citing print sources.
APA style (American Psychological Association)
  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association; (Generally referred to as the "APA Style Manual")
    Call Number: BF76.7.A46; available in the Arts and Humanities. Business, Earth and Mineral Sciences, Education, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences Libraries.
MLA Style (Modern Language Association)
  • MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
    Call Number: PN147.G444 1998; available in the Arts and Humanities, Business, Education, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences Libraries.
Chicago Manual of Style
  • Chicago Manual of Style
    Call Number: Z253.C5701; available in the Arts and Humanities, Business, Education, Engineering, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Social Sciences Libraries.
Selected Science Style Guides
  • AIP Style Manual, 4th ed., 1990. American Institute of Physics: College Park, MD.
    Call Number: QC5.45.A45; available in the Physical Sciences Library.
  • The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1997.
    Call Number: QD8.5.A25 1997, available in the Physical Sciences Library.
  • American Medical Association Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors; American Medical Association: Baltimore: 1998.
    Call Number: R119.A533 1998; available in the Life Sciences Library.
  • Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers; Style Manual Committee, Council of Biology Editors, 6th ed., 1994.
    Call Number: T11.S386 1994; available in the Life Sciences Library.
  • Additional style guide information available at the Physical Sciences Library page.
Other Styles
  • A Style Manual For Citing Microform and Nonprint Media; Fleischer, Eugene. Considered the authoritative style manual for citing microforms.
    Call Number: PN171.F56F57; available in Pattee Stacks, floor 2A.
  • A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations; (Often referred to as "Turabian") Turabian, Kate L., 6th ed., rev. by John Grossman & Alice Bennett, 1996.
    Call Number: LB2369.T8 1996; available in the Arts and Humanities, Business, Education, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences Libraries.

  • The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources : a Manual for Writers & Librarians; Government publications often present special challenges for citations. While APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian all touch on citing government information, the definitive guide to citing these resources was written by Penn State librarian Debora Cheney, with contributions from Penn State Social Sciences librarian Helen Sheehy.

  • Call Number: J9.5.G37 2002; available in the Social Sciences Library.

  • The Bluebook: a Uniform System of Citation; (Often referred to as the "Harvard Bluebook") This resources is useful for legal citation formats.
    Call Number: K.U55; available in the Social Sciences Library.
 
Web-based style guides
Many print style guides are inadequate when citing electronic resources such as the Internet.
The following web-based resources are helpful for these citations.
APA [American Psychological Association]
MLA style (Modern Language Association]
Chicago Manual of Style
Selected Science Style Guides
Other Styles
 
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