Documenting+sources

There is different citation styles used in each discipline. When it comes to documenting sources, appropriate guidelines must be followed. Formatting your paper and including citations are very important.The best source for information about citing sources and formatting papers in any discipline is their style manual. Many disciplines now also have supplementary web sites to accompany their style manuals, which will include the latest updates for citation formats, particularly for documenting electronic sources.The Internet and other digital sources of information are widely used tools for research, but since they are still relatively new tools, various disciplines are still deciding what the correct way to document electronic sources is, and disciplines are constantly changing their minds as to what the most appropriate ways are.
 * Documenting Sources: **

A good general resource that compares various styles (and provides color-coded annotations) is [|Citation Style for Research Papers], provided by Long Island University. The American Anthropological Association uses the Chicago Manual of Style and Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition, 2000). Council of Biology Editors. CBE Style Manual: A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers in the Biological Sciences. Washington: American Chemical Society, 6th edition, 1994. Chicago Style (used in many disciplines) The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003. American Chemical Society. The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors. Washington: American Chemical Society, 1986. **English** (and some disciplines in the humanities) Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 2nd ed. New York: The Modern Language Association of America, 1998. Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations. 5th ed. New York: The Modern Language Association, 1995. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Information for IEEE Transactions and Journal Authors. New York: IEEE, 1989. Bates, Robert L., Rex Buchanan, and Marla Adkins-Heljeson, eds. Geowriting: A Guide to Writing, Editing, and Printing in Earth Science. 5th ed. Alexandria: Amer. Geological Inst., 1995. United States Geological Survey. Suggestions to Authors of the Reports of the United States Geological Survey. 7th ed. Washington: GPO, 1991. Gapner, Diane L., and Diane H. Smith. The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A Manual for Writers and Librarians. Rev. ed. Bethesda: Congressional Information Service, 1993. Gray, Wood. Historian's Handbook: A Key to the Study and Writing of History. 2nd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most historians use either Chicago style or Turabian style. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American National Standard for Information Sciences. Scientific and Technical Reports: Organization, Preparation, and Production. New York: ANSI, 1987. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The IEEE Computer society prefers the Chicago Manual of Style. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Associated Press Stylebook. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2004. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Bluebook : A Uniform System of Citation. 17th ed. Cambridge: Harvard Law Review Association, 2001. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Linguistic Society of America. LSA Bulletin, December issue (annually). <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Linguistics publications generally follow the APA (American Psychological Association) format. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Mathematical Society. A Manual for Authors of Mathematical Papers. 8th ed. Providence: American Mathematical Society, 1990. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Management Association. The AMA Style Guide for Business Writing. New York : AMACOM,1996. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Medical Association. AMA Manual of Style. 9th ed. Chicago: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1997. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Institute of Physics. Style Manual for Guidelines in the Preparation of Papers. 4th ed. New York: American Institute of Physics, 1990. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington: American Psychological Association, 2001. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Political Science Association Committee on Publications. The Style Manual for Political Science. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association, 2002. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">American Sociological Association. ASA Style Guide. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association, 1997.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Complete Discipline Listing **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anthropology **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Writing Center
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Purdue OWL CMS Resources]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Biology **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website]from Diana Hacker
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Chicago Style Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Writing Center
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Purdue OWL CMS Resources]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chemistry **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official ACS Website]
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from ACS books. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official MLA Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] at the Purdue OWL
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Purdue OWL MLA Resources]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Engineering **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official IEEE Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory website] from IEEE
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Geology **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official USGS Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website]from the US Geological Survey
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Government **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from the University of Mephis
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">History **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from Diana Hacker
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Purdue OWL CMS Resources]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Information Sciences and Computer Science **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Chicago Style Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from the IEEE
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Purdue OWL CMS Resources]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Journalism **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official AP Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Purdue OWL AP Resources]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Law and Legal Studies **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Bluebook Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website]from Cornell University
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Linguistics **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official LSA Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mathematics **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Management **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official AMA Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Medicine **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from the University of Washington Health Links
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Physics **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official AIP Website] (download the manual free of charge!)
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Psychology (and other social sciences) **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official APA Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Purdue OWL APA Resources]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Political Science **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website] from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Writing Center
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sociology **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Official ASA Website]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Explanatory Website]

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 * By Shriya Baddula,Biomedical Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology**