French Studies: Style Guides

Proper citation is important for all scholarly work. Style guides provide detailed information about how to cite various types of references (books, articles, web sites, etc.) in your bibliography and footnotes.

Choose a style guide appropriate to your discipline from the list of style guides, below. (The online versions are abridged, while the print version are unabridged.)

• Guide du rédacteur  Online
• Guide de rédaction bibliographique Print
• MLA style (Modern Language Association). Used in the humanities. Online   Print
• Chicago Manual of Style. Used in the social sciences & humanities. Online    Print
• Chicago Manual of Style. (Guide for students - Turabian.) Online    Print
• APA style (American Psychological Association). Used in the social sciences & humanities. Online    Print
• More citation resources  Online

• give credit for ideas and phrasing to the authors

• bolster your arguments through documentation

• avoid plagiarism

• lead your readers to further reading

Visit a research assistance desk at one of the libraries.

Call 416-736-5150 (press 3).