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Social Work Policy

This guide is dedicated to resources for social work students for critically evaluating policy. Policy is the law, administrative actions, or practice adopted or proposed by a government or administrative body. Policy can take place at the local level, st

Chicago Style

The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Staff (Editor)
Location: Mugar Reference Z253 U69
Education Reference Z253 U69
Pardee Reference Z253 U69
Stone Reference Z253 U69

Originally written in 1906, this tome has a rich history of providing quality guidelines for citing works and creating bibliographies. The library has a subscription to the full online version. The website also offers a citation quick guide that has many examples. The 17th edition is the most recent, published in 2017.

Chicago Style guide at Purdue OWL

General Citation Guides

Cite Right by Charles Lipson
Location: Mugar Reference PN171.F56 L55 2006

In addition to the four styles listed on this page, this work also includes style samples for ACS (for chemistry), Bluebook and ALWD (for legal), and others.
Electronic Styles by Xia Li; Nancy Crane
Location: Mugar Reference PN171 F56 L5
Sci/Eng Reference PN171 F56 L5
Education Reference PN171 F56 L5
Pardee ReferencePN171 F56 L5

This print source contains excellent examples of citing electronic information in both APA and MLA styles.
The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law by Associated Press Staff
Location: Mugar Reference PN4783 A83

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