Human Development & Family Studies
American Medical Association (AMA) style
AMA manual of style: a guide for authors and editors.
Online | Print copies in the Libraries.
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NLM catalog: Journals referenced in the NCBI databases
Use to locate official journal abbreviations for use in AMA style. Search the journal title with [jo] added to the journal name, as shown here:the journal of supportive oncology [jo]
Can't locate here an abbreviation for the journal that you are citing? : use the guidance in section 14.10 of the manual, and the resources listed there, to abbreviate the journal title according to specific criteria.
- AMA style insider.
Official blog of the AMA Style Manual. Find answers and submit questions.
Additional resources:
Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers. (online)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association: the official guide to APA style.
Additional resources:
- APA Quick Reference Guide
- Quick & Dirty APA 7th ed. Narrative and parenthetical citation examples
- Quick & Dirty APA 6th ed. Reference and citation within text examples
- The Owl at Purdue - APA Formatting and Style Guide
- APA Style Blog - APA's official blog site for APA Style
Help at CSU
- Writing@CSU - Set up an account to use the online bibliography tool.
- Writing@CSU - Citation Guide: American Psychological Association (APA)
Chicago style.
Chicago manual of style.
Online | Print copies in the Libraries
Additional resources:
Succinct online guide to Chicago style, with illustrative examples.
Modern Language Association (MLA) style.
MLA handbook for writers of research papers. (print)
The complete 7th edition in paper copy, available in the library and for loan.
Additional resources:
Succinct online guide to MLA style, with illustrative examples.
- MLA guidance from the CSU Writing Center. (online)
Writing concerns
CSU Writing Center
The CSU Writing Center provides assistance and online resources.
Plagiarism and academic integrity
Understanding and avoiding plagiarism (CSU Writing Center online guide)
Citation Management Programs
Citation Management programs are designed to collect and organize your citations, and often the actual documents you are interested in. The benefits of using these programs include:
- Gather and store references while you research.
- Create a personal research library of references, images, and PDFs.
- Most programs will "talk" with Word and write your in-text citations and bibliography for you.
- You can organize your citations in different folders and groups.
- Allows you to return later to see what you have worked on over the years.
- You can place everything you are interested in reading in one place and refer to it as you need.
- Share your references with colleagues/collaborators/anyone.
Some examples of these programs include:
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- Available on the library computers for free but has a fee to put on your personal computer.
- Has a free online basic version that can be used independently or to complement the desktop version.
- To learn more about EndNote, see this guide: https://libguides.colostate.edu/endnote.
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- Free online program.
- Has a desktop version.
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- Free online program.
- Has a desktop version.
- To learn more about Zotero, use this guide: https://libguides.colostate.edu/zotero.
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- Fee based online program.
Use this comparison chart from The University of Wisconsin-Madison to compare EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero.
There are many other options. Wikipedia has a Comparison of reference management software page.
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