Other Commonly Used Styles

Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

The Chicago Manual of Style actually allows many different ways of handling references. The main thing is to be consistent. But keep this in mind when checking these online sources; the first entry, for example, shows Initial capitalization and then lower case for titles; however, this is actually not Chicago's preferred style.

http://www.libs.uga.edu/ref/chicago.html. See note above.
Electronic Sources (relies on notes documentation; suggests this is required by Chicago, when in fact it is not, so check this source against Chicago to be sure). However, the bibliography list of electronic sources might be especially useful. From the University of Minnesota Online Writing Center.
The Chicago Manual of Style Official Web Site - Online Forum including questions and answers.
Citing Cyberspace Using the Chicago Manual of Style.
Collins Memorial Library (University of Puget Sound) - short and sweet but appears to be accurate reference list examples.
Changes in the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style for those with the 14th edition - from the CMS editors

Modern Language Association (MLA) (mla.org)

Using MLA Format (OWL)
MLA's own site - Answers to commonly asked questions
Documenting Sources in Humanities (examples of sources - good, brief overview)
Citing Internet Sources Using MLA - a fine source (see quote at right).
A college site with a handy, short list of examples, including electronic.

Associated Press (AP)

There is a lot of information out there from journalism colleges, in particular. Here are a few:

University of Utah Professor's AP tips web site: http://www.usu.edu/communic/faculty/sweeney/ap.htm
"Quick AP Style Reference: http://www.utexas.edu/coc/journalism/SOURCE/journal_links/AP_style.html
Test Yourself! Here is an online AP style quiz.

Miscellaneous

Citing Internet Sources: General Overview

And Here are Some NOT So Commonly Used Styles, Just to Give You an Idea of How Many Styles Are Out There and How They Vary:

http://www1.umn.edu/urelate/style/bibpage.html - University of Minnesota Style Manual
New York State Law Reporting Bureau Style Manual
IEEE Computer Society online style guide
House Style Manual for Eurekah.com
W3C Technical Reports In-House Style Manual
EIA Style Guide (a government style guide that is all online) (Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration)
A Style Manual for Technical Communications
Kansas Geological Survey

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Normally in works that are printed, in-text citations include, in parentheses, the author's last name and the page cited, as in "(Roever 355)." However, because electronic documents have no pagination or other type of reference markers, the MLA Handbook recommends that such parenthetical references be avoided if possible. More preferable are direct references in the text to the name of the author or sponsoring organization.

Example of an In-Text Citation of an Electronic Publication With a Known Author:
William J. Mitchell's City of Bits discusses architecture and urban life in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution.
Example of an In-Text Citation of an Electronic Source Without a Known Author
but With a Known Sponsor: More companies today are using data mining to unlock hidden value in their data. The data mining program "Clementine," described at the SPSS Web site, helps organizations predict market share and detect possible fraud.

In the works-cited list, the reader will be able to find a fuller version of each of these brief references by locating the author's name or the organization's name.

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