Warren Hunting Smith Library: Citation Help: Other Styles

Other Citation Styles

ACS - Cite Source
ACS (American Chemical Society) style guide including examples of author-date references (in-text citations) and bibliographic references. Created by Trinity College Library.
APSA - Cite Source
APSA (American Political Science Association) style guide with examples of parenthetical author-date citations (in-text citations and reference lists, The examples come from the APSA Style Manual for Political Science, revised August 2006. Created by Trinity College Library.
ASA - Purdue OWL
ASA (American Sociological Association) citation style guide (5th edition) from Purdue OWL. Includes details about manuscript writing style, formatting in-text citations and references.

Citations are an important aspect of every research paper:

Credit must be given to the original author or creator of a source or it could be considered plagiarism
Anyone reading your paper must have the correct information to locate the sources you referenced
Using and citing a variety of sources in your paper adds to the credibility of your research by showing that the ideas included are shared or supported by others