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ASA Style (PDF)
The American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Manual, third edition, offers guidance in writing, editing, and preparing sociology manuscripts for publication. It is shelved near the reference desk.
Printed style guides are in the Citation Style Guide Collection by the reference desk.
APA (Reference BF 76.7 .C66 2005, p177-190) Online at APA Style.org
For social & life sciences (e.g. psychology, anthropology, medicine).
Chicago (Reference Z253.U69 2003)
For humanities and some social sciences (e.g. literature, history, anthropology).
MLA (Reference LB2369 .G53 2003)
Best known for use with languages and literature (e.g. English, Spanish, German) but can be used in other disciplines as well.