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Style Guides

Note: This list contains the selected resources available at the C.Y. Thompson Library. For additional style manuals check UNL Libraries Catalog.

Agriculture and Natural Resources
Government Publications
Medical/Nutrition/life Sciences
Meteorology
Instructions for authors of Biomedical Journals
Websites with Instructions for Authors
General Style Manuals
Citing Electronic Resources


Agriculture & Natural Resources

  • Authors guide to publication services - by Vincent Dong. Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. Berkeley, CA: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, 1990.
    CYT USDOC A 13.36/2:Au 8
    • Provides information on publishing for the Forest Service Research stations and where to go for help.
    • Includes an USDA Forest Service publication proposal form with author checklist.

  • Guide for contributors. - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Office of Information Transfer. Fort Collins, Co: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Information Transfer, 1989.
    CYT USDOC I 49.6/2:C 762
    • General information on what, where, and how to publish in the Fish and Wildlife Service.
    • Refers authors to use CBE style for tables and units of measure.
    • Appendix has specific information for the technical series journals, e.g. Biological Report.

  • The Official ASAE Style Guide for Refereed Publications, Monographs, and Textbooks - http://asae.org/pubs/authguide.html
    • Serves as a resource for authors in preparing manuscripts for publication for the American Society for Agricultural Engineers journals and publications: Transactions of ASAE, Applied Engineering in Agriculture, and Journal of Safety and Health (JASH), Technical Notes.

  • Publications handbook and style manual. - American Society of Agronomy. Crop Sciences Society of American. Soil Science of America. Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy: Crop Sciences Society of American. Soil Science of America, 1998.
    http://www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/style98
    • Serves as a guide for authors in preparing manuscripts and other material submitted for publication by one or more of the societies.
    • The most recent version is online. The call number for the previous edition is CYT Ref S494.5.A96 P83 1988.

  • Writing for fishery journals. - Edited by John Hunter/American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society, 1990.
    CYT Ref SH332. W74 1990
    • Editors provide authors information on how to publish in the fisheries area.
    • There are chapters on gray literature, style and usage, statistical aspects of fishery papers, and other topics.


Government Publications

  • The complete guide to citing government information resources: a manual for writers & librarians. - Edited by Diane Garner. Bethesda, MD: Congressional Information Service, 1993
    CYT Ref J 9.5 G37 1993
    • Useful as a supplement to standard style manuals.
    • It gives specific examples for citing in national, state and international documents.

  • Uncle Sam brief guide to citing government publications. - Government Publications Regional Depository Library. University of Memphis.
    http://www.exlibris.memphis.edu/govpubs/citeweb.htm
    • Information about citing various government publications.
    • Based on the guidelines of the Complete guide to citing government documents.
    • Print and electronic examples are included.

  • Suggested Citation Styles for our Internet Information. - U.S. Census Bureau.
    http://www.census.gov/main/www/citation.html
    • This site provides information on how to document the U.S. Census tables and statistics in html, ASCII, and pdf files.
    • There are also examples about citing dynamically generated tables using the Census data and "Other Sources" links to Library of Congress examples of film, photographs, and drawings on the web.


Medicine - Nutrition - Life Sciences

  • The ACS Style Guide: A manual for authors and editors. - Edit by Janet S. Dodd. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1997.
    CYT Ref QD 8.5.A25 1997
    • A general style guide with instructions to contributors for the American Chemical Society (ACS) publications.

  • ASM Style Manual for Journals and Books. - American Society for Microbiology. 2nd Ed. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology, 1991
    Citing References for Microbiology
    • Shows examples of how to cite journal articles and books using the ASM Style Manual for Journal and Books.

  • American Medical Association manual of style: A guide for authors and editors - Cheryl Iverson, American Medical Association. 9th Ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1998.
    CYT Ref R119 .A533 1998
    • A style manual developed for the contributors of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the American Medical Association (AMA) Archives journals.

  • Health Sciences Libraries, University of Washington - AMA Style Guide. Accessed June 18, 2001.
    http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/ama.html
    • This is a library web page that is based on the printed American Medical Association Manual of Style, 1998.

  • JFS Style Guide for Research Papers. - The Journal of Food Science produced by the Institute of Food Technologis.
    http://www.ift.org/resource/publ/jfs/sty-guid1.shtml
    • Guide to authors of research papers specifically submitted to the Journal of Food Science produced by The Institute of Food Technologists.

  • National Library of Medicine recommended formats for bibliographic citation / Karen Patrias - Bethesda, Md: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section, [1991]
    ENGR Ref. R119 .P38 1991
  • Health Sciences Libraries, University of Washington. - NLM Style Guide. Accessed June 18, 2001.
    http://healthlinks.washington.edu/hsl/styleguides/nlm.html
    • Web page from the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries providing the most common examples based on NLM recommended formats for bibliographic citation.

  • Scientific style and format: The CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. - Style Manual Committee, Council of Biology Editors. 6th. Ed. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
    CYT Ref T11 .S386 1994
    • General style manual that covers the science disciplines.
    • Includes information on how scientific literature should be styled and formatted.
    • Specific information is included within the broad subject areas e.g. naming species, chemical formulas, etc.

  • Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals. - JAMA
    http://jama.ama-assn.org/info/auinst_req.html

  • Vancouver Style and International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)
    • "Uniform Requirements are instructions to authors on how to prepare manuscripts, not to editors on publication style. If authors prepare their manuscripts in the style specified in these requirements, editors of the participating journals will not return the manuscripts for changes in style before considering them for publication."--From preface.


Meteorology

  • Authors' guide/ American Meteorological Society. - American Meteorological Society. Publications commission. Edit by Keith L. Seitter. 4th Ed. Boston, MA: American Meteorological Society, 1998.
    http://www.ametsoc.org/AMS/pubs/ag_docs/ag1998/authguide.pdf
    • Provides instructions for authors on preparing materials for the American Meteorological Society (AMS) publications.
    • The current edition is only available online.
    • The call number for the previous edition is CYT Ref QC851 .A53 1995.


Instructions for Authors for Biomedical Journals

  • The author's guide to biomedical journals complete manuscript submission instructions for 235 leading biomedical periodicals. - by Mary Ann Liebert. 2nd ed. Larchmont, NY: Mary Ann Liebert Inc. 1996.
    CYT Ref R119.A97 1996
    • Provides the "Instructions for Authors" information for 235 leading English language journals.

  • Author's handbook of styles for life science journals. - by Michael C. Altas. Boca Raton: CRC, 1996.
    CYT Ref R119.A85 1996
    • Provides the "Instruction for Authors" information for 440 all English language journals taken from the ISI 1991 journal rankings.

  • Publications handbook and style manual. - American Society of Agronomy. Crop Sciences Society of American. Soil Science of America. Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy: Crop Sciences Society of American. Soil Science of America, 1988.
    http://www.asa-cssa-sssa.org/style98
    • This Publications Handbook and Style Manual serves as a guide for authors in preparing manuscripts and other material submitted for publication by one or more of the societies.
    • The most recent version of the handbook is online.
    • The call number for the previous edition is CYT Ref S494.5.A96 P83 1988


Websites with Instructions to Authors

  • Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences. - Raymon H. Mulford Library/ Medical College of Ohio, June 2001
    http://www.mco.edu/lib/instr/libinsta.html
    • This is a comprehensive list of over 3,000 biomedical and life sciences journals.
    • The links are to publisher and vendor information.

  • Science & and Environment: Instructions to Authors. - Michigan Electronic Library.
    http://mel.lib.mi.us/science/auth.html
    • A list of life sciences and applied sciences journals.

  • Instructions for Authors. - Charles M. Baugh Biomedical Library/University of South Alabama.
    http://southmed.usouthal.edu/library/auth-ins.htm
    • This is a list of biomedical journals identified from major publishers and vendors


General Style Manuals

  • The ACS Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors. - Edit by Janet S. Dodd. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1997.
    CYT Ref QD 8.5.A25 1997
    • This is a general style guide and instruction manual for contributors in American Chemical Society (ACS publications.

  • ASA Style Manual. - American Sociological Association. Washington, DC: ASA, 2nd edition, 1997.
    CYT Ref HM 53 .A57 1997
    • This is a style manual for contributors in the American Sociological Association (ASA) publications.

  • Chicago manual of style. - University of Chicago Press. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 14th edition, 1993
    CYT Ref Z 253. C57 1993
    • This authoritative style manual is used as a base style for many disciplines. There is also information on bookmaking, production and printing, and publishing.
    • This style is most often used in the humanities and in history.
    • Examples of citations are included.

  • Form and style: Research papers, reports, theses. - By Carole Slade. 11th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
    CYT Ref LB 2369 .C3 2000
    • New edition of Campbell's Form and Style.
    • This is a good source for college students on writing research papers.
    • The style manual is based on the Chicago Manual of Style.
    • Includes basic information on how to choose a topic, collecting information, and writing a bibliography.
    • Incorporates the MLA, Chicago, and APA formats.

  • Manual for writers of term papers, theses and dissertations. - By Kate L. Turabian 6th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
    CYT Ref LB 2369 .T8 1996
    • This is a standard resource for writers at all levels.
    • Based on the Chicago Manual of Style, and is recommended for use in formal writing.
    • It is widely used and is well organized with a comprehensive subject index.

  • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)/ - American Psychological Association 5th edition Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 2001
    CYT Ref BF 76.7 P83 2001
    • This manual provides a standard format for psychology, social science and scientific literature.
    • There is a checklist for authors, "Guidelines to reduce biased language", in writing, and organization and formatting information is included.
    • Preferred style manual for humanities and family and consumer sciences.

  • Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
    http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

  • Scientific style and format: The CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers - Style Manual Committee, Council of Biology Editors. 6th. Ed. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.
    CYT Ref T11 .S386 1994
    • General style manual covering scientific disciplines.
    • Specific information is included within the broad subject areas e.g. naming species, chemical formulas, etc.


Citing Electronic Resources

  • APA Style Electronic Formats. - By Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey
    http://www.westwords.com/guffey/apa.html
    • This website is recommended because of the clearly defined examples of APA format.
    • Includes links to other webpages.

  • Biblioscape 3.4: Style Manual Directory. Research Information Manager
    http://www.biblioscape.com/styleMan.htm
    • This site covers elements of style, style definitions, and numerous links to other websites.

  • The Columbia Guide to Online Style. - By Janice R. Walker. Columbia University Press.1998
    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
    • This comprehensive tool is "...a guide to locating, translating, and using the elements of citation for both a humanities style (i.e., MLA and Chicago) and a scientific style (APA and CBE) for electronically-accessed sources."
    • Also has information about formatting articles for electronic publishing.
    • Gives examples of electronic formats of citations in the humanities (MLA or Chicago) and the scientific formats (APA or CBE).

  • Cómo citar recursos electrónicos - by Assumpció Estivill and Cristóbal Urbano
    http://www.ub.es/biblio/citae-e.htm
    • Spanish language website that contains information about citing electronic references.

  • Electronic Style: A Handbook to Citing Electronic Information. - By Xia Li and Nancy B. Crane. 2nd Ed. Medford, N. J.: Information Today, 1996
    CYT Ref PN 171 .F56 L5 1996
    • A comprehensive source covering various electronic formats.
    • Gives examples for MLA and APA styles.

  • Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association
    http://www.apa.org/elecref.html
    • This website, produced by APA contains information on citing a website, personal email communication and a journal article from electronic journal article databases.
    • Examples are also included and references are made to the printed 4th edition of the Publication Manual.

  • Evaluating and Citing Electronic Resources. - University of Nebraska Libraries
    http://www.unl.edu/libr/inet/cite.html
    • This is an excellent resource to begin learning about and understanding style manuals and guides.
    • This webpage links to other sites focusing on MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE, Turbian styles and others.
    • The Internet Citation Guides are arranged alphabetically by style.

  • MLA-Style Citations of Electronic Sources - (Endorsed by the Alliance for Computers & Writing)
    http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html
    • "Widely used by writers in literature, language studies, and other fields in the humanities, the MLA style of documentation allows writers to keep texts as 'readable and as free of disruptions as possible'."

  • Proposed standard for referencing online documents in scientific publications along the lines of the APA style.
    http://www.beadsland.com/weapas/
    • This website provides information on how to format electronic resources in the APA style.
    • Each part of the citation is addressed, but does not include many examples.

  • The Internet Guide for Students and Writers. - By Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger. 2000.
    CYT Ref TK 5105.875 I57H364 2000
    http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/
    • A pocket guide for students using the Internet as a resource for information.
    • The website covers chapters 5-8 in the book, which includes examples of citing electronic resources in the MLA, APA, CBE, and Chicago styles.

  • Suggested Citation Styles for our Internet Information. - U.S. Census Bureau.
    http://www.census.gov/main/www/citation.html
    • This site provides information on how to document the U.S. Census tables and statistics in html, ASCII, and pdf files.
    • There are also examples about citing dynamically generated tables using the Census data and "Other Sources" links to Library of Congress examples of film, photographs, and drawings on the web.

  • Uncle Sam brief guide to citing government publications. - Government Publications Regional Depository Library. University of Memphis.
    http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/citeweb.htm
    • Information about citing various government publications.
    • Based on the guidelines of the Complete guide to citing government documents.
    • Print and electronic examples are included.