Style and Style Manuals
The leading style manuals in your discipline* should be followed for all requirements except when they conflict with regulations given in these instructions: The manuals recommended for preferred style and methods of documentation are:
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, by Kate L. Turabian (Sixth Edition, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1996). Two copies are available in the Mina Rees Library [Reference LB 2369.T8 1996].
The Chicago Manual of Style online. Print: Fifteenth Edition, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2003 [Reference Z253 .U69 2003]
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (Sixth Edition, New York, Modern Language Association of America, 2003. [Reference LB 2369.G53 2003]
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th Edition, Washington, D.C., APA, 2001). [Reference BF 76.7 P83 2001]
See the Style Guides section of the Library's Guide to Copyright for a selected list of web sites that provide examples of citations and footnotes according to the various standard style manuals
*Notes:
- Students enrolled in the Doctor of Public Health program should use the style recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors for their doctoral dissertations. See: http://www.icmje.org/.
- Students enrolled in one of the Health Sciences Doctoral Programs should use the APA Style Manual.