Ready Reference Style Guides





Basic Writing Guides

A+ Research and Writing Links
Internet Public Library's research and writing tools for college and high school students.

Citation & Style Guides
from Columbia University Libraries.
APA, MLA, and Turabian guides along with a guide to grammar.

Citing Government Information Sources
from the University of Nevada instructing on how to cite Government Information Sources using the MLA style.

The Elements of Style
by Strunk, William, Jr. 1918.

General Style Guide Information
From U. of Southern Mississippi.

Term Paper Guide
Choosing a Topic, Developing a Thesis, Outlining, Revising, & Documenting Sources.
This short reference guide is from the C. G. O'Kelly Library at Winston-Salem State University.

Writer's Workshop
Exceptional resource for all writing requirements provided by the U. of Illinois-Urbana. Provides bibliographic, grammatical, and other assorted styles tools for the writer.


APA Style Guides

APA Reference Style: Tightening up your Citations
David S. Baker and Lynn Henrichsen's comprehensive guide to APA style.

A Guide for Writing Research Papers
Based on Styles Recommended by The American Psychological Association.
Prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut.

Quick APA Style Guide
This short reference guide is from the C. G. O'Kelly Library at Winston-Salem State University.


Electronic Format Style Guides

Citation Style Guides for Internet and Electronic Sources
Extensive guide from the U. of Alberta.

Citing Electronic Information in History Papers
by Maurice Crouse, Department of History; the University of Memphis.

Columbia Guide to Online Style
This guide shows the correct forms for citing electronic media in MLA, Chicago, APA, and CBE citation forms.

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
From the APA homepage.

St. Martin's Electronic Citation Guide
This online style index specializes in the correct forms of citing electronic media. Included are all the major style formats.


MLA Style Guides

A Guide for Writing Research Papers
Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation.
Prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks, Jr., Library Capital Community College; Hartford, Connecticut.

How to Organize a Research Paper and Document It with MLA Citations
Very basic beginners guide, explained in a fashion that anyone can understand.

Quick MLA Style Guide
This short reference guide is from the C. G. O'Kelly Library at Winston-Salem State University.


Chicago/Turabian Style Guides

The Chicago Manual of Style Tools Page
The official webpage of the Chicago Manual of documentation

The Chicago Manual of Style
From the University of Georgia.

The Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide
From the Libraries of Ohio State University.

A Brief Citation Guide for Internet sources in History and the Humanities
From the History Department of the University of Natal at Durban.

Documentation Guide - Turabian
Based on the 6th edition of Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations.

Footnote/Endnote and Bibliographic Style for use in all History Papers
Based on the Fifth edition of "A Manual for Writers".

Turabian Samples for a Bibliography
From the Ithaca College Library.

Turabian Style: Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition)
From the Clement C. Maxwell Library.