Research Guides: Reference Materials at NYU Libraries: Style and Citation Guides

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This section contains excerpts about locating materials in print and online from the Citation Style Guide, which provides a comprehensive overview of citation best practices, citation guides in the NYU Libraries collection, open access citation guides, and citation management tools.

Citation Style Guide
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Style Guides Available Online

AMA Manual of Style
(American Medical Association) The AMA manual of style is a guide for authors and editors (11th edition) The most updated version of the entire text, as well as: Style policy changes highlighted and explained, New policies, Learning and training resources, Monthly tips from JAMA/Archives editors, Periodic updates, and Web-only new material.

APAstyle.org
(American Psychological Association) APA Style provides a foundation for effective scholarly communication because it helps writers present their ideas in a clear, precise, and inclusive manner.
Chicago Manual of Style Online
The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to style, usage, and grammar in an accessible online format. It is the indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon with sound, definitive advice.
Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers
(National Library of Medicine) Citing Medicine provides assistance to authors in compiling lists of references for their publications, to editors in revising such lists, to publishers in setting reference standards for their authors and editors, and to librarians and others in formatting bibliographic citations.
MLA Formatting (The OWL at Purdue)
These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citations and Works Cited pages, as well as MLA sample papers, slide presentations, and the MLA classroom poster.
APA Formatting (The OWL at Purdue)
These OWL resources will help you learn how to use the American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style. This section contains resources on in-text citation and the References page, as well as APA sample papers, slide presentations, and the APA classroom poster.
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, Jr.
This is an online version of The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. This unabridged e-text version is browsable but not searchable.