Citation Style Guides
MSU Library Citation Style Sheets
Paper copies of these guides are available at the reference desk.
- APA Style
- Style sheet followed by the American Psychological Assocation. In-text Author-Date citations often used in the fields of psychology and other sciences.
- Citing Government Publications
- Based on MLA 4th edition [pdf]
- MLA Style
- Style sheet from the Modern Language Association. In-text Author-Page Number citations. Often used in fields of literature, arts, and humanities
- Turabian (Chicago) Style
- A footnote or endnote citation format, from the University of Chicago Press. Often used in the fields of history and other social sciences and humanities
Additional Help from Others
- APA Electronic Reference Formats
- APA's own information on citing online documents
- MLA FAQ
- Frequently asked questions from the Modern Language Association of America
- Documenting Sources from the World Wide Web
- MLA's page on citing Web sources
- MLA, APA, Turabian, CBE, and others
- Extensive guides for many styles from UC Berkeley
- Online Citation Styles
- Web, email, and other Internet sources in APA, MLA, Chicago (Turabian), CBE, and other styles from the publisher Bedford/St. Martin's