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Citation Quick Guides and Style Manuals: Other Citation Styles (By Discipline)

Quick guides to the most commonly used citation styles with links to examples of subject specific styles.

Citation Styles

Anthropology
Chicago Manual of Style (Available from Western Libraries)
Chicago Quick Guide for Author-Date formatting

Biology
CSE Style Guide (From University of Wisconsin - Madison)
Chemistry
ACS Style Guidelines Quick Guide (American Chemical Society) 

Computer Science
IEEE Style Manual (IEEE Computer Society)

Ecology
ESA Style (Ecological Society of America--From UC Santa Cruz)

Entomology
ESA Style Guide (Entomological Society of America)

General
Harvard System of Referencing (Anglia Ruskin University)

Geology
Geology Style (Geological Society of America)

Journalism
The Associated Press Stylebook (Available from Western Libraries)
Law
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (Available from Western Libraries)
Introduction to Basic Legal Citations by Peter W. Martin (Cornell University)

Medical
AMA Manual of Style (American Medical Association--available from Western Libraries)
NLM Style Guide (National Library of Medicine)

Political Science
American Political Science Association Style Manual

Sociology
ASA Style Guide (Available from Western Libraries)
ASA Quick Tips for ASA Style (American Sociological Association)

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