Document Styles by Discipline

Anthropology

• AAA Online Style Guide: PDF guide for AAA styling.

Biology

• CBE Online Style Guide: an addendum to the 6th edition of Scientific Style and Format (the CBE documentation guide) that provides instructions and examples for correct format.

Business

• Business and Technical Correspondence Overview: Covers letters (inquiry, application, complaint) and resumes, with examples; discusses format and composition.
• General Business Writing Issues (from Purdue's Online Writing Lab): Discusses basic business etiquette, revision, writing for specific audiences, and tone; business and sales letters, memo writing, and report abstracts; many examples.

Chemistry

• ACS(American Chemical Society): information about academic writing in the field.
• ACS Style Quick Guide: Guidelines from Univ. of California Berkeley.

Engineering

• IEEE Style Sheet: guidelines for correct in-text and end-of-text citations.
• Reference Guide: IEEE Style: a no-fluff site that covers IEEE basics from the University of Illinois.
• ASABE: Guidelines for authors from the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

History

• Turabian or Chicago manual of Style, 16^th edition (CMS)

Humanities

• MLA: official Web site.
• MLA style guide from the UCF Libraries

Law

• Lessons in Legal Writing and Research:This site provides lots of information about how to write legal documents as well as citations.

Medicine

• UWC AMA Quick Reference Handout: Quick reference for AMA Style.

Miscellaneous

• Duke Libraries Guide to Research: Includes examples of the most recent APA citation style, as well as MLA and Chicago styles.
• APA style guide from the UCF Libraries
• MLA style guide from the UCF Libraries

Physics

• AIP (American Institute of Physics): information and resources for publishing in the field of physics.

Political Science

• APSA: Tips for using APSA. Also includes examples (from the University of Wisconsin-Madison).
• APSA: APSA examples for electronic resources (from St. Mary's University).

Psychology

• APA (American Psychological Association): central site for the most recent (6^th edition) APA guidelines and information.
• APA - Psychology with Style: A Hypertext Writing Guide by M. Plonsky, Ph. D. of the University of Wisconsin: handy site with guidelines for correct in-text and end-of-text citations (Important! While still useful, this site follows the 4th edition of the APA style guide.)
• UWC APA Handouts: check out our own helpful guides for in-text and end-of-text APA documentation.
• APA style guide from the UCF Libraries