CMU LibGuides: Reference Shelf: Citing Print & Digital Resources

Citation Guides: Sciences

Websites with examples follow in next box.

ACS Style Guide
Print: QD8.5 .A25 2006
Engineering and Science Library Reference
Print: PN160 .A512 2006
Mellon Institute Library Reference
American Chemical Society format.
Scientific style and format : the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
Print: T11 .S386 2006
Mellon Institute Reference

Zotero
Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, cite, and share your research sources.
EndNote
Citation Management tool. Problems or questions? Contact Ethan Pullman or 8-5018.
Mendeley
Download free software. Extract citations from PDFs, index your research paper collection, and generate bibliography lists with Mendeley's automatic bibliography maker. CMU has the Institutional Edition with 5GB personal storage, unlimited private groups of up to 25 collaborators instead of 1 private group of 3 collaborators, and impact measurement of publications and readership metrics.

Websites with examples follow in next box.

Chicago Manual of Style Online This link opens in a new window
16th and 15th editions. Website also offers Chicago Style Q&A, Tools & the Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide.
Print edition: HUNT REF-1 PE1408 .C5 16TH 2010 (Kept at Reference Desk); E&S Reference; Mellon Reference

Citation Guide - Harvard Business School
Cite Right: a Quick Guide to Citation Styles--MLA, APA, Chicago, the Sciences, Professions, and More
Why you need to cite, basics of citing and examples from just about every style.
Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States: General Information Leaflet, Number 17
Concise Rules of APA Style.
Print: BF76.7 .C66 2005
HUNT STACKS-2
MLA style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing 3rd ed.
Print: HUNT REF-1 PN147 .G444 2008
Modern Language Association format
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 6th ed.
Print: HUNT REF-1 BF76.7 .P83 2010
Turabian: A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and
Print: HUNT REF-1 LB2369 .T8 2007
HUNT STACKS-2; FA REF-4

Bibme
Enter the information and get a citation. Enter the information and get a citation. MLA, APA,
Chicago or Turabian.
DocsCite
For APA or MLA only. Helps to format citations for federal or Arizona state documents
KnightCite (Hekman LIbrary, Calvin College)
APA, MLA and Chicago styles. Enter information and get a citation.

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