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Citation Managers

Queens Libraries provides freesubscriptions to RefWorks(http://library.queensu.ca/help/refworks) ,a web-based citation manager(http://researchguides.library.tufts.edu

/content.php?pid=49832&sid=1104954),which enables users to create,capture and store citations andthen use them in bibliographies,endnotes and footnotes.

How to Cite Sources: Citation and Style Guides

Different disciplines or courses use different citation styles,so confirm with your instructor which style you should use.Style guides include:

ACS(#acs)APA(#apa)ASA(#asa)ASCE(#asce)CSE/CBE(#cbe)Chicago(#chicago)IEEE(#ieee)MLA(#mla)

Turabian(#turabian)Vancouver(#vancouver)Special Formats(#formats)

ACS Sty le Guide (American Chemical Society)

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/search?searchArg=ACS+Style+&searchCode=TALL&recCount=25&searchType=1)versions

APA Style (American PSYCHOLOGICAL Association)

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/search?searchArg=Publication+manual+of+the+American+Psychological+Association.+&searchCode=TALL&

recCount=25&searchType=1)versionsAPA Style Guide to Electronic References (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=3882463) (2012; 6th edition) Copies may be printed for personal use only.APA Format(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/) (Online Writing Lab (OWL) at PurdueUniversity)

ASA Style (American SOCIOLOGICAL Associat ion)

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/search?searchArg=asa+style+guide&searchCode=TALL&recCount=25&searchType=1)versionsASA Style and Reference Guide (http://www.queensu.ca/sociology/undergrad/stylereference.html)(Department of Sociology, Queen's University)ASA Format(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/01/) (OWL at Purdue University)

ASCE Sty le (American Society o f Civi l Eng ineers)

ASCE Format (http://www.asce.org/Content.aspx?id=29605)

CSE Style (Council of Science Editors)

Formerly CBE and used in biology and other natural science disciplines

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2760571)versionsCSE Citation Guide (http://library.osu.edu/sites/guides/csegd.php) (Ohio State University Libraries)CSE Style (http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch11_o.html) (D. Hackers Research andDocumentation Online. 5th ed)

Chicago Style

Widely used in the humanities and social science, and history in particular

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/search?searchArg=chicago+manual+of+style&searchCode=TALL&searchType=1&recCount=25)versions

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Chicago Manual of Style(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/717/01/) (OWL at PurdueUniversity)

IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Used in electrical and computer engineering and also by first year engineering students in APSC100

IEEE Citation Style Guide(/research/guide/ieee-citation-style) (Engineering & Science Library,QUL)

MLA (Modern Languages Assoc iation)

Used in literature, arts, and the humanities

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/search?searchArg=mla+handbook&searchCode=TALL&searchType=1&recCount=25)versionsMLA Format (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/11/) (OWL at Purdue University)MLA Style: English and Other Humanities (http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/RES5e_ch08_o.html) (D. Hackers Research and Documentation Online. 5th ed.)

Turabian Style

Used in many disciplines in humanities, social sciences, and sciences and is a variation of theChicago style

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/search?searchArg1=turabian+kate&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=NKEY&combine2=and&searchArg2=manual&argType2=all&searchCode2=245A&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&combine4=and&searchArg4=&argType4=all&searchCode4=GKEY&year=2011-2012&fromYear=&toYear=&location=all&medium=all&language=all&type=all&

place=all&status=all&recCount=25&searchType=2&page.search.search.button=Search)versionsTurabian Quick Guide (http://www.press.uchicago.edu/books/turabian/turabian_citationguide.html/)(University of Chicago Press)Turabian Style Citations (http://lib.trinity.edu/research/citing/TurabianNotes.pdf) (Trinity University)

Vancouver Style

Used in the health sciences disciplines

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2678353)versionCiting Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers(http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=citmed)

Special Formats of Material

Government and Statistics(#govpub)Legal(#law)Maps & Other Cartographic(#maps)

Music(#music)

Government Publications and Statistics

The following guides provide general citation examples for different types of governmentpublications and statistics and are intended to supplement, not replace, standard citation manualssuch as Chicago, MLA, etc.

Brief Guide to Citing Canadian Government Documents and Statistics (/webdoc/gov/cancite)(QUL MADGIC)How to Cite Statistics Canada Products (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=12-591-XWE&lang=eng) (Statistics Canada)How to Cite Government Publications - Research Guide (http://library.lib.mcmaster.ca/govpubs/cite)(McMaster University Libraries)Citing Canadian Government Documents- APA Style (http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/writing/gov-docs-apa)(SFU Library)Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style (http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/subjects/guides/government/cite.html) (University of Nevada, Reno Libraries)Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications(http://www.memphis.edu/govpub/citweb.php) (University of Memphis Libraries)


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Legal Materials

The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation(popularly known as "the McGill Guide") is theauthoritative sourcein Canada for citing legal materials.

See print (https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/search?searchArg=Canadian+Guide+to+Uniform+Legal+Citation+Manuel&searchCode=TALL&searchType=1&

recCount=25)versionNot available online

Unofficial legal citation information available on the web:

Introduction to Legal Citation(/law/lederman/legalcitation) (Queen's University Lederman LawLibrary)Legal Citation and APA (http://camosun.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pid=38592&sid=465071) (CamosunCollege)

Maps and Other Cartographic Materials

Citation Guides (http://library.queensu.ca/webdoc/maps/how_help) (Queen's University Library)

Music

Citing Music Sources in Your Essay and Bibliography (http://www.lib.uwo.ca/music/citemus.html)(University of Western Ontario Music Library)Bibliographic Citations (http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=3851) (Indiana University MusicLibrary)

Last Updated: 23 November 2012


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