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APA style links

American Psychological Association (APA) FORMAT (5th Edition) Examples of citations from the University of Minnesota at Crookston

APA documentation style.
We do NOT use APA in English composition courses, but you may need this for other classes such as psychology.

American Psychological Association APA .You can order the style manual there. The manual is reportedly the APA's single most profitable enterprise. Also available at Amazon.com.

The latest word on electronic reference citations from the APA web site

APA Publication Manual Crib Sheet [A revised version of the crib sheet by Bill Scott of the College of Wooster, including a link to the APA page on electronic resources. Do NOT indent reference items 5 to 7 spaces, however; that has been changed.]

APA Style Essentials by Douglas Degelman, Ph.D., and Martin Lorenzo Harris, Ph.D.

A nice guide to the 5th edition from the University of Southern Mississippi

APA documentation style. From Purdue University's "Online Writing Lab".

University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center Writer's Handbook Includes an image of a title page and pays special attention to formatting, including long quotations.


Chicago style links

Internet Resources on the Chicago Manual of Style include:

The Chicago Manual of Style

Footnoting Electronic Sources in the Chicago Style, Chapter Five of Citing Cyperspace by James D. Lester

Writer's Handbook from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center


Council of Biology Editors

Instrucitons for submitting manuscripts to Applied and Environmental Microbiology

http://www.lib.ohio-state.edu/guides/cbegd.html

http://lib.colstate.edu/info/ecbe.shtml

http://www.docstyles.com/bioguide.htm

CBE Documentation


MLA style links

MLA documentation style


Links to Internet writing sites

Internet-Resources.com
Writing links and links for writers.

Resources for Writers
A huge source of sources with many links, some of which are found below. Note the many grammar handbooks available. You can find information on any type of writing, even resumes, at this site.

Jefferson Hendricks
A huge source of sources with many links, some of which are found below. Go here and browse. Note the many grammar handbooks available. You can find information on any type of writing, even resumes, at this site.

Nuts and Bolts Guide
A comprehensive writing site where you can easily find information on any writing, grammar, or punctuation problem by looking down the left side of home page.

The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. This respected book gives you any rule you want to understand. Scroll to the outline on the bottom of the home page and click on anything, OR search for a particular rule by a term.

Guide to grammar writing
An excellent source for almost everything you will need. Notice the quizzes under the word and sentence box. You can practice and learn whatever is giving you trouble.