Subject Guides: Citation Style Guide: Which Style Should I Use? (2024)

The citation style to use is determined by your professor, or if you are submitting a manuscript, by the journalor publisher. However, each discipline tends to use one or two styles.

Anthropology - useChicago Law & Legal Studies - use Bluebook, Maroonbook or ALWD
Art History - use Chicago or Turabian Linguistics - use APA, MLA or LSA
Arts Management - use ChicagoLiterature - use MLA
Biology - use CSEMathematics - use AMS
Business - use APA, Chicago or HarvardMedicine - use AMA or NLM
Chemistry - use ACSMusic - use Turabian or Chicago
Communications - use MLAPhilosophy - use MLA or Chicago
Computing Science - use ChicagoPhysics - use AIP
Criminology - use APA or Chicago Political Science - APSA
Education - use APAPsychology - use APA
History - use Chicago or TurabianReligion - use MLA or Chicago
International Studies - use APA, APSA,orChicagoSociology - use ASA
Journalism - use AP or APA

Theater - use MLA or Chicago

Subject Guides: Citation Style Guide: Which Style Should I Use? (2024)
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