List of Style Manuals

Research and Documentation describes four commonly used systems of documentation:

MLA, used in English and the humanities; APA, used in psychology and the social sciences;
Chicago, used in history and some humanities; and CSE, used in biology and other sciences.
Following is a list of style manuals used in a variety of disciplines.
BIOLOGY (SEE CSE.)
Council of Science Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors,
Editors, and Publishers. 7th ed. Reston: Council of Science Eds., 2006. Print.
BUSINESS
American Management Association. The AMA Style Guide for Business Writing. New York:
AMACOM, 1996. Print.
CHEMISTRY
Coghill, Anne M., and Lorrin R. Garson, eds. The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication
of Scientific Information. 3rd ed. Washington: Amer. Chemical Soc., 2006. Print.
ENGINEERING
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE Editorial Style Manual. IEEE, n.d.
Web. 9 Sept. 2009.
ENGLISH AND OTHER HUMANITIES (SEE MLA.)
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed. New York: Mod. Lang. Assn., 2009.
Print.
GEOLOGY
Bates, Robert L., Rex Buchanan, and Marla Adkins-Heljeson, eds. Geowriting: A Guide to
Writing, Editing, and Printing in Earth Science. 5th ed. rev. Alexandria: Amer. Geological
Inst., 2004. Print.
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Garner, Diane L. The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources: A
Manual for Social Science and Business Research. 3rd ed. Bethesda: Congressional
Information Service, 2002. Print.
United States Government Printing Office. Style Manual. 30th ed. GPO, 2008. Web. 9 Sept.
2009.

HISTORY (SEE CHICAGO.)

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003. Print.
JOURNALISM
Goldstein, Norm, ed. Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law. Rev. ed. New
York: Associated Press, 2008. Print.
LAW
Harvard Law Review et al. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 18th ed. Cambridge:
Harvard Law Rev. Assn., 2005. Print.
LINGUISTICS
Linguistic Society of America. Language Style Sheet. LSA, n.d. Web. 9 Sept. 2009.
MATHEMATICS
American Mathematical Society. AMS Author Handbook. AMS, 2008. Web. 9 Sept. 2009.
MEDICINE
American Medical Association. AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 10th
ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2007. Print.
PHYSICS
American Institute of Physics. Style Manual: Instructions to Authors and Volume Editors for
the Preparation of AIP Book Manuscripts. 5th ed. New York: AIP, 1995. Print.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
American Political Science Association. APSA Style Manual for Political Science. Rev. ed.
Washington: APSA, 2006. Print.
PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES (SEE APA.)
American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological
Association. 6th ed. Washington: APA, 2010. Print.
SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL WRITING
American National Standards Institute. American National Standard for the Preparation of
Scientific Papers for Written or Oral Presentation. ANSI, 2005. Web. 9 Sept. 2009.
Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications. 3rd ed.
Redmond: Microsoft, 2004. Print.

Rubens, Philip, ed. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual of Style. 2nd ed. New York:
Routledge, 2001. Print.