Style Manuals and Citation Guides, Duke University Style Manuals and Citation Guides See the Citing Sources page from the Guide to Library Research for how to cite articles, books, newspapers, and web sites according to the APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian style manuals. Their numbers are legion, ranging from general style manuals to those intended for use within a specific discipline, or even within the pages of a single journal.
Most style manuals contain much more than examples of footnotes and bibliographies.
Advice on grammar and punctuation, tips on conducting research, and recommendations on the appearance of the finished paper are commonly found. Thus, the distinction between the style manual and the writing guide can be subtle. Included in the following list are all-purpose style manuals, specialized manuals, bibliographies which may be consulted in order to locate additional manuals, and several guides to term paper writing and manuscript preparation. Basic Guides for Undergraduates MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers . Modern Language Association of America, 1998.