Different disciplines or courses use different citation styles, so confirm with your instructor which style you should use. Style guides include:

• ACS
• APA
• ASA
• ASCE
• CSE/CBE
• Chicago
• IEEE
• MLA
• Turabian
• Vancouver
• Special Formats

ACS Style Guide   (American Chemical Society)

• See print versions
• ASC Style Guide

APA Style   (American PSYCHOLOGICAL Association)

• See print versions
• APA Style Guide to Electronic References   (2012; 6th edition) Copies may be printed for personal use only.
• APA Format   (Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University)

ASA Style   (American SOCIOLOGICAL Association)

• See print versions
• ASA Style and Reference Guide   (Department of Sociology, Queen's University)
• ASA Format   (OWL at Purdue University)

ASCE Style   (American Society of Civil Engineers)

• ASCE Format

CSE Style   (Council of Science Editors)

Formerly CBE and used in biology and other natural science disciplines

• See print versions
• CSE Citation Guide   (Ohio State University Libraries)
• CSE Style   (D. Hacker’s Research and Documentation Online. 5th ed)

Chicago Style

Widely used in the humanities and social science, and history in particular

• See print versions
• Chicago Manual of Style Online
• Chicago Manual of Style   (OWL at Purdue University)

IEEE   (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)

Used in electrical and computer engineering and also by first year engineering students in APSC 100

• IEEE Citation Style Guide   (Engineering & Science Library, QUL)

MLA   (Modern Languages Association)

Used in literature, arts, and the humanities

• See print versions
• MLA Format   (OWL at Purdue University)
• MLA Style: English and Other Humanities   (D. Hacker’s Research and Documentation Online. 5th ed.)

Turabian Style

Used in many disciplines in humanities, social sciences, and sciences and is a variation of the Chicago style

• See print versions
• Turabian Quick Guide   (University of Chicago Press)
• Turabian Style Citations   (Trinity University)

Vancouver Style

Used in the health sciences disciplines

• See print version
• Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers

Special Formats of Material

• Government and Statistics
• Legal
• Maps & Other Cartographic
• Music

Government Publications and Statistics

The following guides provide general citation examples for different types of government publications and statistics and are intended to supplement, not replace, standard citation manuals such as Chicago, MLA, etc.

• Brief Guide to Citing Canadian Government Documents and Statistics   (QUL MADGIC)  
• How to Cite Statistics Canada Products   (Statistics Canada)  
• How to Cite Government Publications - Research Guide   (McMaster University Libraries)  
• Citing Canadian Government Documents- APA Style   (SFU Library)
• Citing Government Information Sources Using MLA Style   (University of Nevada, Reno Libraries)
• Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications   (University of Memphis Libraries)

Legal Materials

The Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation (popularly known as "the McGill Guide") is the authoritative source in Canada for citing legal materials.
 

• See print version  
• Not available online

   

Unofficial legal citation information available on the web:

• Introduction to Legal Citation   (Queen's University Lederman Law Library)  
• Legal Citation and APA   (Camosun College)

Maps and Other Cartographic Materials

• Citation Guides   (Queen's University Library)

Music

• Citing Music Sources in Your Essay and Bibliography   (University of Western Ontario Music Library)
• Bibliographic Citations   (Indiana University Music Library)