DEPARTMENTAL CITATION STYLES

Fall 2008

Anthropology                        American Anthropologist Style Guide (aaanet.org)

Art                                       Chicago

Biology                                 No stated preference for APA, but prefer author-year of pub in-text cite

Business (Writing)                 MLA

                  Finance               Chicago, APA, MLA

                  Info Sys              APA suggested, not required

                  Logistics              none

                  Management        no preference

                  Marketing             no preference

Chemistry                               ACS  <http://iws.ohiolink.edu/chemistry/info/acs.html>

Communication                                    APA

Criminal Justice                     APA

Economics                             No preferred style

Education                               APA

English                                    MLA

History                                    Chicago

Honors College                     APA, MLA preferred, not required

IWGS                                      APA for social science courses, MLA for literature courses

Music                                     Chicago

Optometry                             AMA  (guide in WL)

Philosophy                              No preferred style

Physics, Astro                        No preferred style  (example in WL)

Political Science                                    No response, but we think it’s APA

Psychology                             APA

Pub Pol Admin                        APA

Sociology    ASA     (Guide in WL)                      <http://www.calstatela.edu/library/bi/rsalina/asa.styleguide.html>

Social Work                             APA

Theater, Media                     APA or MLA

-prepared by Hyun-Jin Lim,

Writing Lab