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College of Science & Engineering: Writing Guides

Guide to selected electronic and print library research resources for students and faculty in the College of College of Science & Engineering. For more information or help, contact the librarian subject specialist or Library Reference at 865-8040.

APA Format

APA (American Psychological Association) Format

APA Style is the set of guidelines and rules that the American Psychological Association maintains for professional writing and source citations in psychology and many social sciences. Sources cited in APA style are called "References." All the guidelines, rules, and everything one might want to learn about the APA writing and citation style is in:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.). (2020). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. Copies of the Manual are available in the library at the Check Out desk, in the shelves behind the Ask a Librarian desk (REF BF76.7 .P83 2020), and the Main Collection (BF76.7 .P83 2020). 

APA Format Help 

From the SUU Library, scroll down and choose Research Guides under Using the Library.

MLA Style

MLA (Modern Language Association) Style

MLA Style is the set of guidelines and rules that the Modern Language Association maintains for writing research papers and citing sources in English language and composition, and some humanities fields. Sources cited in MLA Style are listed under "Works Cited" at the end of a paper. All the guidelines, rules, and everything one might want to learn about the MLA citation style is found in:

MLA Handbook 9/e

 MLA Handbook, ninth edition, Modern Language Association of America, 2021.

Copies of the MLA Handbook are available in Sherratt Library at the Check Out desk, in the shelves behind the Ask a Librarian desk (LB2369 .G53 2016 Ref), and the Main Collection (LB2369 .G53 2016). 

 

 

From the SUU Library scroll down to the bottom and select Research Guides under the column Using the Library:

Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)

The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)

The Chicago Manual of Style Online is the venerable, time-tested guide to scholarly publishing (grammar, term usage, citation) in an accessible online format. It is the indispensable reference for writers, editors, proofreaders, indexers, copywriters, designers, and publishers, informing the editorial canon in most humanities and many social sciences fields with sound, definitive advice.

The Chicago Manual of Style, 17/e by The University of Chicago Press Editorial Staff, 2017.

Two copies are available at (Z253.U69 2017)--one in the regular circulating shelves on the second level, and one in the  shelves behind the Ask a Librarian desk.

CMOS help

Visit Chicago Manual of Style Online for a broad range of helpful tools and access to both the Seventeenth and Sixteenth Editions.