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MATH 1044: Discovering Mathematics II

Citation Styles

There are over 6,000 different citation styles!  Most of the time, you'll be told which style to use by a journal editor or a professor.  The most important part of this is being consistent and being able to follow guidelines.  Check out the Virginia Tech Libraries' citation style page for guidelines related to the most frequently used citation styles:

Citation Style Guides

A few examples of these frequently used styles are:

  • ACS (American Chemical Society)
  • AIP (American Institute of Physics)
  • ALWD (Association of Legal Writing Directors(
  • AMA (American Management Association)
  • AMA (American Medical Association)
  • AMS (American Mathematical Society)
  • AP (Associated Press)
  • APA (American Psychological Association)
  • ASA (Americasn Sociological Associaton)
  • ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
  • Chicago
  • MLA (Modern Language Association