Citation Styles

See the Library’s Style Guides:

based on 7th edition (2009) of MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (for MS Word version click here)

based on 6th edition (2010) of Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (for MS Word version click here)

Please verify with your instructor which format (and edition) he/she prefers.

For help writing your assignments, including your bibliography or works cited list, contact your instructor or Student Academic Learning Services.

Visit the Library to find copies of the official style manuals:

MLA handbook for writers of research papers
Call Number: REF LB 2369 .M53 2009
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association
Call Number: REF BF 76.7 .P83 2010
Canadian guide to uniform legal citation
Call Number: REF KE 259 .C35 2010

Here are some further MLA and APA sites, along with others that address different forms of bibliographic citation.

MLA (Modern Language Association)	MLA Citation Guide By Ohio State University Libraries MLA Citation Style by Cornell University Library MLA Formatting and Citation Style by the OWL Purdue Online Writing Lab
APA (American Psychological Association)	APA Citation Guide By Ohio State University Libraries Citation Guide – APA by Concordia University Libraries APA Style: Getting Started by University of British Columbia APA Research Style Crib Sheet by Georgia Southern University Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format by Purdue University
ACS (American Chemical Society)	ACS Style Guidelines by University of California Berkeley Library
AIP (American Institute of Physics)	AIP Style Manual, Fourth Edition (1990) by AIP (American Institute of Physics)
CBE (Council of Biology Editors)	Scientific (CBE) Citation Style Examples by Northwest Missouri State University Using CBE Style by Pearson Education
Legal Citation	Legal Citation by William R. Lederman Law Library, Queen’s University
Vancouver Style	Vancouver Style How to Acknowledge What You’ve Read – Vancouver Style by Monash University Library Learning Resource Centre – references according to the Vancouver Style by The Michener Institute
Need to cite statistics?	Statistics Canada’s guide for citing statistics
Annotated Bibliography	How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography By Cornell University Library