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Most common citation guides: APA, MLA, Chicago/Turabian
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Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers
APA and MLA style manuals do not include instructions for citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers.
However, for APA format you may use our APA guide, Citing Indigenous Elders & Knowledge Keepers, or NorQuest College's templates: APA style reference list and in-text citations
For MLA, NorQuest College has developed these templates: MLA style reference list and in-text citations.
Guides by faculty, department, resource type, and discipline
Business
Business sources -- APA style for document types common to Business.
Government documents and statistics
Government documents, Canadian -- APA style | MLA style | Chicago style
Citing guide for Statistics Canada, PCensus, & CHASS data
How to Cite Statistics Canada Products
From Statistics Canada. A tool that describes how to build a reference when citing any type of Statistics Canada product.
How Do I Cite Government Publications? (McMaster University)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Anthropology
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Note: As of Sept 2015, their guide has been discontinued and AAA recommends the use of Chicago Manual of Style (Author-Date).
Archaeology
Editorial Policy, Information for Authors, and Style Guide for American Antiquity, Latin American Antiquity, and Advances in Archaeological Practice (2021) (Society for American Archaeology)
Communication
Canadian Journal of Communication
Guidelines for submissions to this journal, including citing.
Political science
APSA Style Manual for Political Science (2018) (American Political Science Association)
Sociology
Style Guide/American Sociological Association [print]
Quick Tips for ASA Style/American Sociological Association
Images
Finding and using online images: Citing
Interdisciplinary and general (other)
Harvard style: A generic name for author-date style for citing and referencing, not affiliated with Harvard University. Some interpretations and guides:
- Anglia Ruskin University's guide
- University of Sheffield (for UK and EU documents)
- Monash University
Legal
Legal research materials (Lederman Law Library, Queen's University. Examples of citations for Canadian legal research resources.)
Life sciences
Biology
CSE (Council of Science Editors) style [print]
Health sciences
AMA Citation Style Guide (BCIT's guide to American Medical Association style)
AMA Style (University of Waterloo's guide to American Medical Association style)
Citing Medicine: The NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers. For more National Library of Medicine (NLM) style guides see:
- NLM Catalog: Journals referenced in the NCBI databases
- Samples of Formatted References for Authors of Journal Articles, from the ICMJE (International Committee of Medical Journal Editors)
- The Taylor & Francis Standard Reference Style: NLM guide;
Vancouver Style, like NLM style, uses Citing Medicine: The NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers
(See also the University of Queensland Vancouver style guide)
Maps and geospatial data
Citing geospatial data and maps
Science and Technology
Chemistry
American Chemical Society (ACS)
- The ACS guide to scholarly communication (see Part 4.3 for details on citing including examples)
- Williams College Library ACS guide
Engineering
How to Cite References: IEEE Documentation Style (IEEE)
Environmental Science
Council of Science Editors
- Dalhousie University CSE guide
- Indian River State College CSE guide
- Thompson Rivers University CSE guide
Physics
American Physical Style (APS)
See also APS Journals
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