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From the OWL resource Documenting Electronic Sources

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Documenting Electronic Sources in Specific Disciplines

Two main documentation styles used in the United States are MLA (Modern Language Association) and APA (American Psychological Association). MLA style is used in the humanities, and APA style in the natural and social sciences.

For documenting electronic sources in MLA, check out these pages:

• OWL's MLA Format: Giving Credit to Sources
• Bedford St. Martin's Online! Using MLA Style to Cite and Document Sources
• Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey's MLA Style: Electronic Formats
• Valencia Community College's MLA Electronic guide

For APA style, try these pages:

• Purdue OWL's Using APA format
• The American Psychological Association's Citing Electronic Sources Guide
• Bedford St. Martin's Online! Using APA Style to Cite and Document Sources
• Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey's APA Style Electronic Formats

For other discipline-specific styles, check out these sites:

• Anthropology: University of South Dakota's Citations and Bibliographic Style for Anthropology Papers
• Biology/CBE Style: Bedford St. Martin's Online!'s Using CBE Style to Cite and Document Sources
• Chicago Style (used by many disciplines): Bedford St. Martin's Online!'s Using Chicago Style to Cite and Document Sources
• Engineering and Sciences: Virginia Tech offers a guide for engineering and science students that covers formatting, citing sources, and other elements of style.
• Government Publications: University of Memphis Libraries' Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
• History (see also Chicago style): Melvin E. Page's A Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities
• Legal Writing: The State Bar of Michigan's Citation of Legal and Non-Legal Electronic Database Information Page
• Political Science: APSA Documentation from the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Writing Center
• Sociology: The Cal State L.A. Libraries' ASA Style Guide contains electronic citation formats.

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