Style Guides and Manuals
Style guides concern themselves with the mechanics of writing, including punctuation, quotation, documentation of sources and presentation of data required to be used in preparing scholarly manuscripts and research papers. It is important to use the correct style for your discipline.
La Trobe University Guides
- Assignment Manual: How to prepare present and reference assignments [La Trobe University Bendigo]
- Health Science [La Trobe University] Obtain username and password at the Library Inquiry desk
- Referencing -Language and Academic Skills [ESL, La Trobe University]
APA (American Psychological Association) style
- Electronic references [From APA]
- APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet [From College of Wooster]
- Using principles of APA to cite and document online sources [by Andrew Harnack & Eugene Kleppiner]
- APA Style Resources A list of style guides for electronic and print resources
- The Owl at Purdue [from Purdue University]
- APA Referencing Tutorial [from Cardiff University]
CBE (Council of Biology Editors, now Council of Science Editors) style
- CBE Documentation [University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center] A guide to the two systems of documentation citation-sequence system & name-year system
- Using CBE style to cite and document online sources [by Andrew Harnack & Eugene Kleppinger]
- An index to samples Council of Biology Editors CBE Style of documentation in science and mathematics [from Munro Community College]
Chicago style
- Citation Guide for MBA students includes lots of examples of footnote & endnotes [Harvard Business School Baker Library]
- The Chicago Manual of Style FAQ [University of Chicago Press]
- Using Chicago style to cite and document online sources [by Andrew Harnack & Eugene Kleppinger]
- A quick reference guide to the Chicago Manual of Style [by Julene Sodt, Western Washington University]
- Chicago Manual of Style - Q & A answers to common and unusual style problems [University of Chicago Press]
Harvard style (Author-Date System)
- Harvard (Author-Date) System [La Trobe University, Bendigo Campus PDF 159KB]
- Harvard Referencing [Curtin University of Technology]
- Harvard Referencing Guide [Flinders University of South Australia]
- The Harvard System [Monash University]
- Presentation of Assignments: Author-date or Harvard Referencing System [University of Tasmania]
- Quote, unquote: the Harvard style of referencing published material including electronic information [by Marianne Dee, Leeds Metropolitan University]
Law Referencing
- Australian Guide to Legal Citation [Melbourne University Law Review Style Guide]
- Australian Guide to Legal Citation Tutorial [La Trobe University]
- Citing the Law (PDF 201Kb) [La Trobe University]
- Legal Citation Guide [Murdoch University Library. Murdoch University School of Law]
- Melbourne Manual for International Law Citation [Melbourne University]
- Style Guide Citing Primary Legal Materials [AustLii]
Microbiology
- Guidelines for Authors [Society for General Microbiology]
MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
- MLA style FAQ [Modern Language Association of America]
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide [OWL at Purdue University]
- Using MLA style to cite and document online sources [by Andrew Harnack & Eugene Kleppinger]
Vancouver Style
- Vancouver style - How to acknowledge what you've read a tutorial [from Monash University]
- References / Bibliography Vancouver Style: quick guide [University of Queensland]
- Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals, Vancouver Style
Citing Electronic Resources and Archives
- Citation Guides for Electronic Documents, a selection of guides by International Federation of Library Association and Institutions
- Citing Electronic Information in History Papers [by Maurice Crouse. Department of History, The University of Memphis]
- National Archives of Australia. Citing Archival Records
- Noel Butlin Archive Centre [Australian National University] Citation of Archives
- State Records New South Wales, Citing state archives
- Citing Medicine: NLM Style guide
- Online: a reference guide to using internet sources