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Citation Styles and QuickGuides

ACS / APA / Chicago / CSE / MLA / Turabian

Augustana teaching faculty and librarians have agreed that the following citation styles will be standard within each subject area.

The QuickGuides provide guidelines, but we highly recommend that you consult the complete guide for each citation style's detailed explanations and additional examples. Call numbers for these print guides are provided below.

To cite a Human Book in the augustana human library see this guide and then consult the appropriate QuickGuide.

If you have any questions, please ask!

ACS

ACS QuickGuide (pdf)

Complete Guide:
REF QD 8.5 A25 1997 (Reference)

Used in:
• Chemistry

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APA

APA QuickGuide (pdf)

Complete Guide:
REF PE 1475 A52 2010 (Reference or Reserve)

Used in:
     • Management
     • Physical Education
     • Psychology

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Chicago

Book cover: Chicago Manual of Style Chicago QuickGuide (pdf)

Complete Guide:
REF PN 147 C54 2010 (Reference or Reserve)

Used in:
     • Economics
     • History
     • Political Studies

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CSE

Book cover: CSE manual CSE QuickGuide (pdf)

Complete Guide:
REF T 11 S386 2006 (Reference)

Used in:
  • Biology
  • Environmental Studies
  • Geography
  • Physics

CSE requires that journal titles be abbreviated. To locate journal title abbreviations, try:
• Caltech abbreviations
• Bioscience abbreviations
• National Library of Medicine abbreviations

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MLA

MLA QuickGuide (pdf)

Complete Guide:
REF LB 2369 G53 2009 (Reference or Reserve)

The new (2009) MLA style has some big changes.
Even if you've used MLA before, downloading the new QuickGuide would be a good idea.

Used in:
  • Classics
  • Crime & Community
  • Drama
  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Religious Studies
  • Scandinavian Studies
  • Sociology

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