Research and Documentation describes four commonly used systems of documentation: MLA, used in English and the humanities; APA, used in psychology and the social sciences; Chicago, used in history and some humanities; and CSE, used in biology and other sciences. Following is a list of style manuals used in a variety of disciplines.

BIOLOGY (See CSE.)

Council of Biology Editors. Scientific Style and Format: The
CBE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. 6th ed.
New York: Cambridge UP, 1994.

BUSINESS

American Management Association. The AMA Style Guide for
Business Writing. New York: AMACOM, 1996.

CHEMISTRY

Coghill, Anne M. and Lorrin R. Garson, eds. The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. 3rd ed. Washington: Amer. Chemical Soc., 2006.

ENGINEERING

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE
Standards Style Manual. Rev. ed. New York: IEEE, 2005
<http://standards.ieee.org/guides/style/2005Style.pdf>

ENGLISH AND THE HUMANITIES (See MLA.)

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research
Papers. 6th ed. New York: Mod. Lang. Assn., 2003.

GEOLOGY

Bates, Robert L., Rex Buchanan, and Marla Adkins-Heljeson,
eds. Geowriting: A Guide to Writing, Editing, and Printing
in Earth Science. 5th ed. Alexandria: Amer. Geological
Inst., 1995.

GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS

Garner, Diane L. The Complete Guide to Citing Government
Information Resources: A Manual for Social Science and
Business Research. 3rd ed. Bethesda: Congressional
Information Service, 2002.

United States Government Printing Office. Style Manual.
Washington: GPO, 2000.

HISTORY (See Chicago.)

The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago
P, 2003.

JOURNALISM

Goldstein, Norm, ed. Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing
on Media Law. Rev. ed. New York: Associated Press,
2005.

LAW

Harvard Law Review et al. The Bluebook: A Uniform System of
Citation. 17th ed. Cambridge: Harvard Law Rev. Assn.,
2000.

LINGUISTICS

Linguistic Society of America. “LSA Style Sheet.” Published
annually in the December issue of the LSA Bulletin.

MATHEMATICS

American Mathematical Society. The AMS Author Handbook:
General Instructions for Preparing Manuscripts. Rev. ed.
Providence: AMS, 1996.

MEDICINE

Iverson, Cheryl, et al. American Medical Association Manual of
Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors. 9th ed. Baltimore:
Williams, 1998.

MUSIC

Holoman, D. Kern, ed. Writing about Music: A Style Sheet
from the Editors of 19th-Century Music. Berkeley: U of
California P, 1988.

PHYSICS

American Institute of Physics. Style Manual: Instructions to
Authors and Volume Editors for the Preparation of AIP
Book Manuscripts. 5th ed. New York: AIP, 1995.

POLITICAL SCIENCE

American Political Science Association. Style Manual for
Political Science. Rev. ed. Washington: APSA, 2001.

PSYCHOLOGY AND OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES (See APA.)

American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the
American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington: APA, 2001.

SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL WRITING

American National Standards Institute. American National
Standard for the Preparation of Scientific Papers for
Written or Oral Presentation. New York: ANSI, 1979.

Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical
Publications. 3rd ed. Redmond: Microsoft, 2004.

Rubens, Philip, ed. Science and Technical Writing: A Manual
of Style. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2001.

SOCIAL WORK

National Association of Social Workers. Writing for the NASW
Press: Information for Authors <http://naswpress.org/
resources/tools/01-write/guidelines_toc.htm>.