Providing references and citations is an important and essential part of any type of academic writing. The main purpose is to acknowledge the original source of ideas and work that is not the author's own, and to direct the readers to the original sources of information. Whenever you use sources such as books, journals, research papers, web sites, e-resources and others in the writings, one must a give credit to the original author by properly citing the sources.
- AAA Style (American Anthropological Association)
- ACS Style (American Chemical Society)
- AIP Style (American Institute of Physics)
- American Antiquity Style-Society for American Archaeology
- AMS Style (American Mathematical Society)
- AP Style (Associated Press Style)
- APA Style (American Psychological Association)
- APSA Style (American Political Science Association)
- ASA Style (American Sociological Association)
- ASABE Citation Style (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)
- ASME Citation Style (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
- Chicago Style
- GSA (Geological Society of America) Style
- Hart's Ruels (Oxford Style)
- Harvard Style
- IEEE Style
- MHRA Style (Modern Humanities Research Association)
- MLA Style (Modern Language Association)
- NLM Style (National Library of Medicine)