Citation Style for Research Papers

APA Turabian MLA Chicago AMA

Which should you use?
Ask each of your teachers which style they want you to use. If they have no preference, you can use any or follow these guidelines:

  • APA: psychology, education, and other social sciences.
  • MLA: literature, arts, and humanities.
  • AMA: medicine, health, and biological sciences.
  • Turabian: designed for college students to use with all subjects.
  • Chicago: used with all subjects in the "real world" by books, magazines, newspapers, and other non-scholarly publications.

Style Manual Links

APA Style Manual Resources
APA Tip Sheet: from The University of Southern Mississippi Library
Elecronic Resources: APA Style of Citation
Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by APA
Citation Styles Online
Citation Styles, Plagarism, and Style Manuals: maintained by UC Berkeley Library
Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
IFLANET Citation Guide for Electronic Documents
MLA Tip Sheet: from The University of Southern Mississippi Library
Turabian Tip Sheet: from The University of Southern Mississippi Library
Writer's Workshop: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne