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Web-based Style Summaries

APA Formatting and Style– Purdue OWL
Purdue’s Online Writing Lab’s guide to using the American Psychological Association citation format.
Formatting in Sociology (ASA Style) -- Purdue OWL
Purdue’s Online Writing Lab’s guide to using the American Sociological Association citation/reference format.
MLA Style- Purdue OWL
Purdue’s Online Writing Lab’s guide to the most commonly used citation format in the humanities. IGNORE the Citation Machine box in the right column. Instead, focus on the left column to find examples.
MLA Style Center (from MLA)
Writing Resources from the Modern Language Assoication. This free MLA-authorized Web site offers quick reference for MLA style, tips on formatting a research paper, sample research papers, and other misc. resources.
Scientific Style and Format Citation Quick Guide
Access the entrire Scientific Style Manual ONLINE at the link https://libguides.drew.edu/ssf
Turabian Quick Guide
From the publishers of the Turabian Manual, a short, free cheatsheet to the style.
Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
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From the Chicago Manual, 17th edition, for the Notes/Bibliography style.

Citation Tools

There are a number of different programs that will help you collect, manage and format the citation information for your research resources. The following are free ones the library is currently supporting:

Endnote Online / Endnote Web

Free online version of classic citation manager software to help manage your bibliographic needs, inlcuding organizing sources and citations by project, sharing citations for group work, and for "citing while you write", i.e. inserting citations into papers while writing.

You'll need to sign up for EndnoteWeb and install the Cite-While-You-Write tool.

Please contact the Library at email reference@drew.edu with questions or for help.

Endnote Online This link opens in a new window A web-based citation management tool available through the web via the Drew Library subscription to Web of Science and Knowledge. Endnote Online allows you to collect, track and manage the citations for articles you are using for papers or research, and to output those citations in any one of many different citation styles. While you should still plan to double-check your citations, Endnote Online/ MyEndnoteWeb uses the same high-quality citation formatting techniques as EndNote. Use this link to access Endnote Online from off campus if you want to see the "Find it @Drew" link for your citations.

Zotero

Zotero is a free citation management program with an online storage component. It can be downloaded from zotero.org

You'll want to sign up for a zotero.org account to save your references, and install the helper apps for your browser and Word.

Notes for Drew users: https://uknow.drew.edu/confluence/x/Z46RAw

http://www.zotero.org

Citation Guides

AAA Style Guide
As of September 2015, AAA style (for all publications) follows the Chicago Manual of Style, 16th edition, particularly in regard to reference citations, which are summarized below.

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ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication
*New in 2020* The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication is the 21st century version of the ACS Style Guide. This online resource offers guidance about communicating and publishing in the digital world. Annual updates will assist faculty and students in keeping current with helpful templates for tables, charts, and references.

The ACS Style Guide by Lorrin R. Garson (Editor); Anne M. Coghill (Editor)
Call Number: Online and in Reference QD8.5 .A25 2006
ISBN: 9780841239999
Publication Date: 2006-07-20
Online guide provides information needed to write, review, submit, and edit scholarly and scientific manuscripts to conform to ACS standards. Detailed examples of citations are included. Print copy available in Drew library.

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Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. by APA
Call Number: Level C Ref Desk BF76.7 .P83 2020
Publication Date: 2020
APA Style Guide. Used in the Behavioral Sciences and Education.
[ASA] Style Manual by American Sociological Association
Call Number: Reference Desk PN203 .A54 2014
Publication Date: 2014
Citation Style manual used by Sociology department

Chicago Manual of Style This link opens in a new window
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Full text of the University of Chicago Manual of Style, 18th edition, along with Q&A, tools, and Quick Citation Guide.

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Scientific Style and Format by Council of Science Editors
Call Number: Reference Desk : T11 .S386 2014
ISBN: 9780226116495
Publication Date: 2014-05-07
Style/Citation manual for the Council of Science Editors (CSE) style, used often in the natural and physical sciences. Link to ONLINE version included.

ONLINE Scientific Style and Format Guide can be accessed HERE.

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MLA Handbook by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 2016
ISBN: 9781603292627
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
Offical Style manual and citation manual of the Modern Language Association, used extensively by writers and professors in the literature, writing and arts areas

Go HERE for online info about how to format popular source types in MLA style.

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[Turabian] A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations: Chicago style for students and researchers by Kate Turabian
Call Number: Reference desk LB2369 .T8 2013
Publication Date: 2013
This is the Turabian manual, which presents a simplified version of the Chicago manual of style. It's used in the Seminary/Theological School at Drew.

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