Style Guides

Most professors at the LBJ School of Public Affairs will require you to use either the LBJ Student Publishing Guide or The Chicago Manual of Style, 15^th edition; however, be sure to refer to your syllabus to determine your professor’s preferred style. The following list features online style guides, documentation software, and relevant research resources.

The LBJ Student Publishing Guide
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15^th edition
MLA documentation
APA documentation, 6 ^th edition
Documentation software: EndNote, Zotero, Noodlebib 6

The LBJ Student Publishing Guide

The LBJ Student Publishing Guide—LBJ School Office of Communications
The in-house style guide assists students prepare reports that conform to the style of the LBJ School’s PRP series.

To cite sources, the guide uses a superscript number¹ directly after any quotation, paraphrase, or summary. The superscript number corresponds to an endnote, which appears at the end of each chapter. If the LBJ Student Publishing Guide does not provide documentation rules for citing your specific document, then use The Chicago Manual of Style, 15^th edition as your default.

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15^th edition

When using Chicago-style documentation, be sure to use the notes and bibliography system and provide access dates for online sources. A bibliography is required for the PR and optional for PRPs. For class assignments, bibliography inclusion is contingent upon your professor’s preferences.

Research and Documentation Online: History—Diana Hacker
Provides ample citation examples consistent with Chicago-style, 15^th edition guidelines, and features a model paper using Chicago-style endnotes. The examples show proper documentation for first and subsequent references to a source.

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15^th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003.
Obtain access to the entire text for a free 30-day trial period.

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. 7 ^th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2007.
This edition is identical to the CMS, 15^th edition.

Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources—Eugene Kleppinger and Andrew Harnack
Features Chicago-style, 14^th edition guidelines to cite and document online sources. To comply with the 15^th edition, do not use angle brackets.

Public Documents and Legal Citation

The CMS does not offer comprehensive guidelines for treating legal citations in section 17.275 and government publications in section 17.290; therefore, CMS recommends consulting one of the following stylebooks:

• The University of Chicago Manual of Legal Citation. 2^d ed. Edited by the University of Chicago Law Review, 2000. (This manual is also known as the Maroonbook.) The Chicago Law Review Style Sheet includes an updated version of the Maroonbook.
  
  
• ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation. 3^d ed. Association of Legal Writing Directors and Darby Dickerson. Eds., Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Law and Business, 2006.
  
  
• The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. 18^th ed Cambridge, MA: Harvard Law Review Association, 2005.
  

MLA Documentation, 3^d ed

Writers who publish in the humanities and fine arts disciplines typically use the MLA style.

Using MLA Format—Purdue University OWL
Summarizes MLA documentation guidelines for research papers based upon 3^d edition guidelines.

Research and Documentation Online: Humanities—Diana Hacker
Provides ample citation examples consistent with MLA-style, 2^d edition guidelines, and features a model paper that follows MLA guidelines.

• MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing. 3^d ed. New York: MLA, 2008.
  
  

APA Documentation, 6^th ed

Social sciences disciplines, including education, government, linguistics, psychology, and sociology typically use the APA style.

Research and Documentation Online: Social Sciences—Diana Hacker
Provides ample examples consistent with APA, 5^th edition guidelines, and features a model paper using APA documentation.

Using APA Format, 5^th Edition—Purdue University OWL
Presents APA-style guidelines for format and documentation.

APA Style, 6^th Edition: Electronic References American Psychological Association
Summarizes how to cite electronic resources.

• American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. 6 ^th ed. Washington: Amer. Psychological Assn., 2009.
  
  

Documentation Software

Bibliographic software applications allow you to import references and create bibliographies according to particular style guides.

Zotero

Zotero
Zotero is a free 2.0 Firefox extension whose functionality allows writers to import references from online databases, organize references and create bibliographies.

EndNote

EndNote software is essentially a citation management software program that allows you to import references from online databases and keep personalized databases; organize references; and create bibliographies. EndNote is available for purchase at the Campus Computer Store at a student educational price. A free thirty-day, full trial version is available from the EndNote website in addition to EndNote XI and X2 Guides.

EndNote Training Schedule—UT General Libraries
Offers a hands-on classes throughout the year designed to assist you with your research. The UT General Libraries also offers detailed EndNote instructions and FAQ.

NoodbleBib 6

NoodleBib 6
“Generate, edit, and publish an MLA Works Cited list, an APA References list, or a Chicago/Turabian Bibliography that complies with the rules of the current handbooks and manuals for each style