IEEE: Institute of Electronics & Electrical Engineers Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers - Hayden Library, Science Reference, T11.S386.ACS Style Guidelines (online from UW-Madison Libraries, providing examples for citing references in the text and the bibliography of a research paper).ACS Style Guide - Hayden Library Reserve Stacks, QD8.5.A25.Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide (online from the Chicago Manual of Style web site, with examples of citing various types of publications).Chicago Manual of Style (MIT only, online subscription).Chicago Manual of Style - Hayden Library, Reference Collection Z253.U69 2017.

APA Formatting and Style Guide (online from The Owl at Purdue with several examples of in-text citations and reference list entries)ĬMS: Chicago Manual of Style.Basics of APA Style Tutorial (online from the APA, outlining writing and citing guidelines).Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association - Hayden Library, Humanities Reference and Dewey Library Reference, BF76.7.A46.MLA Formatting and Style Guide (online from The Owl at Purdue, with many examples of creating in-text footnotes and works cited entries)ĪPA: American Psychological Association.MLA Handbook - Hayden Library, Reference Collection LB2369.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (MIT only, online subscription).

See also information about citation software packages supported by the MIT Libraries. You may have heard of or used some of the styles before.Ĭonsult these print and online style guides for examples of citing sources in the text of your paper and in a bibliography or reference list. Academic organizations and some disciplines outline their own styles of how to cite sources and format research papers.

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