Style Guides, Citations, and Bibliographies

Help with Citations and Style

• Style Guides:
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• MLA Handbook
  (STL Reference Desk copy)
• MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide
  (Purdue University, Online Writing Lab)
• MLA: Color Guide
  (Sojourner Truth Library)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• APA Publication Manual
  (STL Reference Desk copy)
• APA Formatting and Style Guide
  (Purdue University, Online Writing Lab)
• APA: Color Guide
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Chicago Manual of Style
  (STL Reference Desk copy)
• Chicago Manual of Style
  (Purdue University, Online Writing Lab)
• The Chicago Manual of Style Online
• Chicago: Common examples [color coded]
  (Long Island University)
• Turabian Manual for Writers
• Turabian: Manual for Writers
  (STL Reference Desk copy)
• Chicago/Turabian Documentation
  (University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center)
• Turabian: Common examples [color coded]
  (Long Island University)
• Associated Press Stylebook
• Associated Press Stylebook
  (STL Reference Desk copy)
• AP Quick Reference Guide
  (Boston University, College of Communication)
• How to cite...
• Electronic Resources
  (Bedford St. Martin's)
• ERIC Documents
  (Nova SE University)
• Government Documents
• Brief Guide
  (U. of Memphis, "Uncle Sam")
• Sample Citations, MLA
  (U. Nevada, Reno)
• National Archives
  (gov't archival documents, including digitized reproductions)
• Music
  (recorded music, sheet music, CDs, et al.) 
• Legal Cases etc.
• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
  (Cornell University)
• Legal Citation
  (Northeastern Law School)
• EndNote & Citation Machines
• 
  The Library now provides free copies of EndNote software that automates the process of creating citations and bibliographies.
• The Landmark Project
• Easybib.com

Help with Bibliographies, Abstracts, and Literature Reviews

• Creating Annotated Bibliographies
• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography (Cornell University)
• Article Abstracts
• Abstracts (RPI, The Writing Center)
• Writing Abstracts (St. Cloud State University's LEO)
• How To Write an Abstract/Prospectus (UNLV)
• Literature Reviews
• How to...Write a Literature Review (UC Santa Cruz)
• Review of the Literature: (University Of Wisconsin, Writing Center)