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Citation Style Help

Citations in academic papers are important as they not only give proper credit to the original authors, but it also helps readers explore the sources behind your presented information.

Contact the BYUH Reading Writing Lab for personalized citation help.

Email: byuh_rwc@byuh.edu / byuhrwcenter@gmail.com

Phone: (808) 675-3629

You can also check out their website at Reading Writing Lab.

Here are some links to help with you with formatting:

Which one will you use?

  • MLA: literature, arts, and humanities.
  • APA: psychology, education, and other social sciences.
  • Chicago: used with all subjects in the "real world" by books, magazines, newspapers, and other non-scholarly publications
  • Turabian: designed for college students to use with all subjects.
  • IEEE: engineering, computer science, and electronics
  • AMA: medicine, health, and biological sciences.