Please note: It is a good idea to consult your instructor before using the guides suggested below.
Citation Management Software
- Create bibliographies and reference your sources automatically and in the correct citation style as you write your paper, using citation management software.
- Choose between EndNote and Reference Manager.
- Free to McGill students, faculty, and staff.
Legend
- McGill users only
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
ACS Style - American Chemical Society
APA Style - American Psychological Association
- Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
- APA Style
Offical web site, with tips and information on electronic references, manual publication announcements, FAQs, ethics, APA-Style Helper, etc. - APA Style Essentials. Vanguard University of Southern California.
- Citing Sources in APA. Purdue University.
- How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography. Cornell University Library.
- Citation Machine (Landmark Project)
Enter resource information on a web form to generate standard MLA- & APA-style citations. - Citing business sources in APA style. McGill University Library.
ASA Style - American Sociological Association
- ASA Style Guide.
- ASA Format. California State University, Los Angeles.
Chicago Manual of Style
- Books about Chicago Style.
- Chicago/Turabian Citation Style McGill University Library.
Note + Bibliography version: 'Humanities Style' - Chicago Manual of Style Online
- Chicago/Turabian Documentation. Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Citing Sources in Chicago Style. Purdue University.
- Turabian Quick Guide
Annotation: Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations presents two basic documentation systems, notes-bibliography style (or simply bibliography style) and parenthetical citations–reference list style (or reference list style). These styles are essentially the same as those presented in The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, with slight modifications for the needs of student writers.
CSE (CBE) Style
- CSE Name-Year Citation Style Guide McGill University Library
This guide describes the Name-Year system only, and is based on Chapter 29 of the 7th edition of Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. - Books about CSE Style.
- CSE Style: biology and other sciences. dianahacker.com.
- Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Style of Documentation in Science and Mathematics. Monroe Community College.
- CBE Documentation. Writing Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Harvard
- Citing & referencing in the Harvard style, Cardiff University University.
- Harvard Referencing Tutorial, Cardiff University University.
- Quote, UnQuote: A guide to Harvard referencing Leeds Metropolitan University.
MLA Style - Modern Language Association
- MLA Style
Official Modern Languages Association web site. - MLA Formatting and Style Guide. OWL (Purdue University Online Writing Lab).
- Citation Machine (Landmark Project)
Enter resource information on a web form to generate standard MLA- & APA-style citations.
Turabian
- Chicago/Turabian Citation Style McGill University Library.
Note + Bibliography version: 'Humanities Style' - Manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations.
- Turabian Quick Guide
Annotation: Kate L. Turabian’s Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations presents two basic documentation systems, notes-bibliography style (or simply bibliography style) and parenthetical citations–reference list style (or reference list style). These styles are essentially the same as those presented in The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, with slight modifications for the needs of student writers.
Vancouver
Additional resources
- Style & Writing Guides. Internet Public Library.
- Columbia Guide to Online Style
(Walker & Taylor). Full guide available in the Library PN171 F56 W35. - Research and documentation online
Examples of citations of online sources according to the MLA, APA, Chicago (Turabian), and CBE (Council of Biology Editors) styles. - Comment citer un document électronique?. Bibliothèque de l'Université Laval.
- Electronic References & Scholarly Citations of Internet Sources
WWW Virtual Library's links to other citation sites. - Going, Going, Gone: Lost Internet References
Science, vol. 302, 31 October 2003 article re instability of Internet references and suggestions for retrieving lost information. - Inter-bib: Bibliography Related Services
Conversion from BibTeX and Refer to HTML and MIF (the Framemaker common format), and to bibliographies in Refer or BibTeX formats.