Criminal Justice Subject Guide

Style Guides

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Guide to Writing Styles

 Contains links to many practical examples for formatting citations in APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian, and other writing styles. Examples include citations to both online or print materials. Call numbers for printed manuals are also given. Ask your instructor which writing style is required for your class assignment.

ASA (Amercan Sociological Association) Style Guide

HM 73 .A54x 2007 (Reference Desk Collection)
The ASA Style Guide (now in its 5th edition) is designed to aid authors
in preparing manuscripts for all ASA journals and publications.
Provides complete information and is the authoritative statement on
style, format, and other specifications for manuscript submissions.

Citation Machine

Web site provides software that allows user to create MLA or APA citations by inputting details for books, journal articles, and a variety of other references. User provides details about titles, author, publisher or journal name, volume, and page numbers. The site then processes the information and provides a formatted citation for use in refenece lists.

RefWorks 

This citation management software allows you to import citations directly from electronic indexes and create and manage your own bibliographies. Use with word processing software to cite and format references easily in a variety of writing styles. You will have to set up an individualized account the first time you use RefWorks. An excellent tutorial is available in RefWorks under Help. Tutorial

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