Style Guides, General						Style guides, Specialized Sources
	APA: (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION) Electronic Reference Formats recommended by APA Excerpted from the APA Publications Manual MLA: MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION Documenting Sources from the WWW As authorized by the Modern Language Association of America.					Citing Government/Legal Publications Citing Congressional Publications LexisNexis Congressional's guide to citing documents. Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications University of Memphis' guide.
						Citing Maps Examples for print and online map citations from Ohio Wesleyan University.
	TURABIAN/CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE Turabian citation and format style guide a quick guide from the publisher's of Turabian. Chicago Manual of Style (online) answers questions on grammer, usage, punctuation as well as citations. Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide
						Citing Archival Sources Archives and Special Collections Citation Guide Williams College's guide
						Citing Works of Art Dartmouth College Guide for MLA style Citing Works of Music Notes Style Sheet from the Music Library Association
						Citing sources Academic Search Premier APA & MLA Citation Styles for Full Text Online Resources from The College of Staten Island Library. Examples are given for APA and MLA styles.
Plagiarism Pages For more information on plagiarism prevention and detection, see the Bates web page Information on Plagiarism (Especially Electronic) and the CBB Plagiarism Resource Site .

Bates College Departmental Recommendation

The following list is from the "Statement on Plagiarism and A Guide to Source Acknowledgements" published by the College. The links are to web resources where possible, otherwise they are to our catalog listing if the titles are only available in print.

ANTHROPOLOGY: American Anthropological Association Style Guide and Electronic Submission Information as typified in the journal American Anthropologist.
ART & VISUAL CULTURE: MLA Handbook
BIOLOGY: Scientific Style and Format: The CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers (print)
or try Using CBE style to cite and document sources.
Plus the department has its own guide, "How to Write a Paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format".
CHEMISTRY: American Chemical Society Style Guide (print)
or try ACS Style Sheet from the American Chemical Society.
ECONOMICS: Turabian's manual
EDUCATION: Turabian's Manual
ENGLISH: MLA Handboook
FOREIGN LANGUAGES: MLA Handbook
GEOLOGY: Geological Society of America from their site on "Information for Contributors". Scroll to bottom of page for examples.
HISTORY: Turabian's Manual
MATHEMATICS: AMS author handbook (print)
MUSIC: Turabian's Manual
PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION: MLA Handbook
PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY: American Institute of Physics, AIP Style Manual References(Online )
AIP Style Manual (print)
POLITIC: Turabian's Manual
PSYCHOLOGY: American Psychological Association, Publication Manual or try Style Tips from APAONLINE
SOCIOLOGY: American Sociological Association, ASA Style Guide (print)
or Quick Style Guide for Students Writing Sociology Papers from the American Sociological Association
THEATER & RHETORIC: MLA Handbook

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