Style Manuals & Citation Guides for Scholarly Writing

Online Citation Managers

RefWorks

RefWorks is a bibliographic citation manager. It is designed to help researchers  gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies. You must use your Drake email address to register for a RefWorks account. Then choose a username and password. You will have perpetual access to RefWorks even after you leave Drake.

RefWorks – A Guide

EndNote Web

EndNote Web is a bibliographic citation manager. It allows you to collect and organize references as well as format citations and footnotes or create a bibliography. To start an account and for subsequent use go to this website. Cowles Library supports the use of RefWorks bibliographic citation manager over EndNote Web. Refworks is more robust than the free EndNote Web version or the for-purchase EndNote Desktop software.


Other Online Citation Tools

Academic Writer

Academic Writer (formerly APA Style CENTRAL) is designed to assist students, instructors and researchers in the education and proper application of APA Style formatting rules and offers expert tools and guidance on the scholarly writing and research processes. NOTE: If you wish to add or save a reference, or work in the Writing Center, you will need to create a personal account. You do not need a personal account to access the Learning and Research Centers. Browsers: Works best with Firefox, Chrome, or Safari for Mac OS. Internet Explorer is NOT recommended.

Instructors, learn how to embed Academic Writer content, such as tutorials and quizzes, into your Blackboard courses.

Citation Fox

Citation Fox, from the University at Albany, offers numerous examples of citations for a variety of source types.

APA Citation Fox
MLA Citation Fox

Purdue OWL

The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides resources on in-text citation and bibliographies, as well as sample papers and slide presentations.

APA Formatting and Style Guide
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Chicago Formatting and Style Guide

APA Style Blog

The APA Style Blog is the official companion to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Sixth Edition. It’s run by a group of experts who work with APA Style every day. It publishes weekly posts about writing, publishing, and APA Style.

AMA Manual of Style

In addition to the basics of grammar and citation, the American Medical Association Manual of Style leads writers through the maze of abbreviation, nomenclature, and quantitation. 10th Edition.

Chicago Manual of Style Online

A fully searchable online version of the 15th and 16th editions of the Chicago Manual of Style is available to current students and faculty.

NLM Style Guide (National Library of Medicine)

Electronic access to the 2nd edition of Citing Medicine is available from the National Library of Medicine.


Style Manuals

A list of general and discipline-specific style manuals, including call numbers, is provided below.

General Style Guides and Manuals

American Psychological Association. Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c2010.
BF76.7 P83 2010
Cowles Reference

—–. APA style guide to electronic references. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2007.
PN171 .F56 A63 2007
Cowles Stacks

The Chicago manual of style: for Authors, Editors, and Copywriters. 13th ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1982.
Z253 .U69 1982
Cowles Reference

The Chicago manual of style. 14th ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Z253 .U69 1993
Cowles Stacks and Law

The Chicago manual of style. 15th ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Z253 .U69 2003 (also available online)
Cowles Reference

The Chicago manual of style. 16th ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Z253 .U69 2010 (also available online)
Law Reserve

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 2nd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009.
LB2369 .G53 2009
Cowles Reserve

MLA Style Guide Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. Joseph Gibaldi, ed. 2nd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1998.
PN147 .G444 1998
Cowles Reference and Law

MLA Style Guide Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. Joseph Gibaldi, ed. 3rd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2008.
PN147 .G444 2008
Law Reserve

Discipline-specific Style Guides and Manuals

The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. Anne M. Coghill, ed. 3rd ed. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, 2006.
QD8.5 .A25 2006
Cowles Reference

AMA Manual of Style: a Guide for Authors and Editors. Cheryl Iverson, ed. 10th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, c2007.
R119 .A533 2007 (also available online)
Cowles Reference

Associated Press. The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law: With Internet Guide and Glossary. Norm Goldstein, ed. (New Ed.). Cambridge, MA: Perseus Pub., 2002.
PN4783 .A83 2002
Cowles Stacks

Knisely, Karin. A Student Handbook for Writing in Biology. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer, c2009.
QH304 .K59 2009
Cowles Stacks

Martin, Paul R. Guide to Business Style and Usage. New York: Simon & Schuster, c2002.
PN4783 .W26 2002
Cowles Reference

The Oxford Style Manual. R. M. Ritter, ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
PE1421 .R58 2003
Cowles Reference

Reep, Diana C. The Educator’s Writing Handbook. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1999.
LB1033.5 .R44 1999
Cowles Stacks

Siegal, Allan M. and William G. Connolly. The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage. Rev. & expanded ed. New York: Times Books, c1999.
PN4783 .S57 1999
Cowles Reserve

Other Style Guides

Walker, Janice R. The Columbia Guide to Online Style. 2nd ed. New York: Columbia University Press, c2006.
PN171 .F56 W35 2006
Cowles Reference


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