If you have been given to
write a dissertation, thesis or coursework by the teacher, it is very important
that you understand which recommended citation style you should use for your
field of study. There are a number of citation styles that are recommended by
the university or the college for where you are studying according to the
subject for which you are writing a paper. Research papers require students to
provide proper references and citation so that the teachers can get to know
what they are working on and how they have conducted research for this
important assignment.
Citation is very important
because it helps your teacher or anybody else who's going through a work find
the items you have used in your research. The key to successful citation is providing
all the information that is required for readers to find the book, article or
website that you have used for research. Not Only it helps to build your
credibility and show that the ideas you have used are authentic and also
expressed by others experts in the field, it also helps to avoid plagiarism by
giving due credit to the original author. When you cite a reference, you let
the teachers know that you have done a proper your job on your paper.
Teachers assign these papers
because they want to see how well the students have work and if they are ready
to move forward with the skills and knowledge they have acquired. Thus, it
becomes very important that you get to know the recommended citation styles for
working on your paper as this is the only way to help the teacher understand
the authenticity of your research.
You must know that the
citation style will be determined by the teacher or if you are submitting a
manuscript, it will be decided by the journal or publisher. The most commonly
recommended citation styles are APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian and in some cases
CSE, ALWD, AMA, or ACS,ASA etc. However, each discipline might use one or two different style depending upon the field that you are
working on.
Here is a list of subjects and
the recommended citations styles so that you can understand which citation
style should be best sued by the subjects so that you can work most competently
on your paper.
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Anthropology - use Chicago
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Law & Legal Studies - use Bluebook,
Maroonbook or ALWD
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Art History - use Chicago or Turabian
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Linguistics - use APA, MLA or LSA
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Arts Management - use Chicago
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Literature - use MLA
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Biology - use CSE
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Mathematics - use AMS
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Business - use APA, Chicago or Harvard Medicine - use AMA or NLM
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Chemistry - use ACS
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Music - use Turabian or Chicago
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Communications - use MLA
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Philosophy - use MLA or Chicago
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Computing Science - use Chicago
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Physics - use AIP
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Criminology - use APA or Chicago
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Political Science - APSA
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Education - use APA
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Psychology - use APA
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History - use Chicago or Turabian
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Religion - use MLA or Chicago
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International Studies - use APA, APSA, or
Chicago
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Sociology - use ASA
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Journalism - use AP or APA
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Theater - use MLA or Chicago