When writing research papers and reports for college courses, documenting your sources is an important step. Crediting others whose work you have based your research upon is an integral part of scholarship. Citing your sources in the proper or accepted format helps the reader to identify these sources. This can also be used to identify other, related sources of information. Your list of references could be likened to a genealogy which tells others the history and background of your work.

There are many different citation styles and you should use the one used by your discipline. Most often, your professor will tell you what style to use or will provide samples to follow. When writing for a journal or other publication, the information is usually provided as information for authors. This guide provides a list of style manuals available at this library and their location. Online style manuals are also available on the library web site.

GENERAL

Used by UH press and other university presses, this is used for academic publishing and general publication.
CLOSED Z253 .U69 1993

Turabian, Kate L. A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations. 6^th ed., 1996.

A general guide to use for college writing when no particular style is specified.
CLOSED LB2369 .T8 1996 (Also at the Ref. Desk)

MANUALS FOR SPECIFIC DISCIPLINES

MLA:

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 5^th ed., 1999.
CLOSED LB2369 .G53 1999 (Also at the Ref. Desk)

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA style manual and guide for scholarly publishing. 2^nd ed., 1998.
CLOSED PN147 .G444 1998 (Also at the Ref. Desk)

APA:

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 1994.
CLOSED BF76.7 .P83 1994 (Also at the Ref. Desk)

OTHERS:

American Management Association. The AMA style guide for business writing. 1996.
Ref. HF5726 . A49 1996

American Society for Horticultural Science. ASHS publications style manual. 1997.
Ref. T11 .A46 1997

American Sociological Association. ASA style guide. 2^nd ed., 1997.
CLOSED HM73 .A54 1997

Council for Biology Editors Style Manual Committee. Scientific style and format: the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. 6^th ed., 1995.
Ref. Z250.6 .B5 C64 1995

Publications handbook and style manual. 1988.

From the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America.
Ref. S494.5 .A96 P83 1988

MANUALS FOR ELECTRONIC SOURCES

Walker, Janice R and Todd Taylor. The Columbia guide to online style. 1998.
Ref. RN171 .F56 W35 1998 (Shelved at the Ref. Desk)

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I

Guide to the preferred UH style for all documents submitted to University Relations - Media Relations & Publications. The library has in print the 1995 edition; the call number is HAWN PN4783 .U56 1995.