Research GuidesResearch GuidesThe American Psychological Association (APA) Style is often used in the Social Sciences (especially Psychology), Nursing, Business, and Education.
APA uses parenthetical, in-text citations.
Chicago Style is often used in Religion, Anthropology, History, and Business. Turabian Style is a simplified version of Chicago Style. While the Chicago Style is directed toward professional scholars and publishers, the Turabian Style is designed for high school and college students who are writing papers, theses, and dissertations.
Chicago and Turabian Styles come in 2 types: Notes (footnote or endnote) in-text citation style, and Author-Date parenthetical style.
Chicago Manual of Style : Guidelines (17th Edition) by The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is used in Literature, Communication, and many other Arts & Humanities disciplines.
MLA Handbook by The American Chemical Society (ACS) Style is primarily used for research papers in the field of Chemistry.
ACS uses a system of parenthetical, in-text citations, as well as a reference list.
The ACS Guide to Scholarly Communication by When referencing an unrecorded class lecture, the source is treated as a "Personal Communication". No entry is needed in your References section, but the source should still be indicated paranthetically in your main text.
When referencing an electronic source, like a YouTube video (such as this episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj), or datasets,
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