Styles and formats

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ACS (American Chemical Society) | AIP (American Institute of Physics) | AMA (American Medical Association) | AP (Associated Press) | APA (American Psychological Association) | ASA (American Society of Agronomy) | ASA (American Sociological Association) | ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) | ASM (American Society for Microbiology) | CBE (Council of Biology Editors) | CHICAGO | IEEE | MLA (Modern Language Association) | NLM (National Library of Medicine) | Times (New York Times) | U.S. Government

ACS (American Chemical Society)

Dodd, Janet S. (Editor). ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors. American Chemical Society, 1998.

ONLINE: Manuscript templates (for ACS journals)

AIP (American Institute of Physics)

ONLINE: AIP Style Manual

AMA (American Medical Association)

American Medical Association. American Medical Association Manual of Style. American Medical Association, 2004.

AP (Associated Press)

Cappon, Rene J. Associated Press Guide to Newswriting: The Resource for Professional Journalists (3rd edition). Associated Press, 2000.

Cappon,  Rene J. and Cappon, Jack (Editor). The Associated Press Guide to Punctuation. Perseus Books, 2003.

Goldstein, Norm (Editor). The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. Basic Books, 2004.

Wilstein, Steve. Associated Press Sports Writing Handbook. McGraw-Hill, August 2001.

APA (American Psychological Association)

Amato, Carol J. World's Easiest Guide to Using the APA. Stargazer Publishing, 2002.

American Psychological Association. Concise Rules of APA Style. American Psychological Association, 2005.

American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th edition). APA, 2001.

Gelfand, Harold and Walker, Charles J. Mastering APA Style: Student's Workbook and Training Guide (5th edition). APA, 2001.

Szuchman, Lenore T. and Thomlison, Barbara. Writing with Style: APA Style for Social Work. Wadsworth, 2003.

ASA (American Society of Agronomy)

ONLINE: ASA Style Manual

ASA (American Sociological Association)

ASA Style Guide. American Sociological Association, 1997.

ONLINE (PDF): ASA Style Guidelines

ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)

ONLINE: Editor’s Instructions for Preparing Standards

ONLINE: ASCE Authors’ Guide to Journals and Practice Periodicals

ASM (American Society for Microbiology)

The ASM Style Manual for Journals and Books. American Society for Microbiology, 1991

CBE (Council of Biology Editors)

Council of Biology Editors and Huth, Edward J. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers (6th edition). Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Chicago

Chicago Manual of Style: The Essential Guide for Writers, Editors, and Publishers. University of Chicago Press, 2003.

Turabian, Kate L., Grossman, John, and Bennett, Alice. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. University of Chicago Press, 1996.

IEEE

ONLINE (PDF): IEEE Transactions, journals, and letters: Information for Authors.

MLA

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th edition). MLA, 2003.

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2nd edition). MLA, 1998.

Trimmer, Joseph F. A Guide to MLA Documentation (6th edition). Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

National Library of Medicine

ONLINE: National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation

Times (New York Times)

Siegal, Allan M. and Connolly, William G. New York Times Manual of Style and Usage: The Official Style Guide. Crown, 2002.

U.S. Government

U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual (29th edition). USGPO, 2000.

Word Division: Supplement to Us Government Printing Office Style Manual. USGPO, 2001.

ONLINE: U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual