Which Style Guide or Citation Style Should I Use?

The American University compiled a list from research areas and the often-used style guide. If you are not sure, which style to use that list might be a good starting point.

For each discipline, we provide the corresponding style. You can choose between a Paper or a Thesis. Click [create] to start writing in SciFlow.

Anthropology

Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Art History

Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Turabian (Paper) [create], Turabian (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Arts Management

Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Biology

CSE
IEEE (Paper) [create], IEEE (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create] --> select Author-Date citation style

Business

APA (Paper) [create], APA (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Harvard (Paper) [select citation style], Harvard (Thesis or Expose) [select citation style]

Chemistry

ACS (Paper) [create], ACS (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Communications

MLA (Paper) [create], MLA (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Computing Science

Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]
IEEE (Paper) [create], IEEE (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Criminology

APA (Paper) [create], APA (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Education

APA (Paper) [create], APA (Thesis or Expose) [create]

History

Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Turabian (Paper) [create], Turabian (Thesis or Expose) [create]

International Studies

APA (Paper) [create], APA (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Journalism

APA (Paper) [create], APA (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Law & Legal Studies

Bluebook, Maroonbook or ALWD

Linguistics

APA (Paper) [create], APA (Thesis or Expose) [create]
MLA (Paper) [create], MLA (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Literature

MLA (Paper) [create], MLA (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Mathematics

AMS
IEEE (Paper) [create], IEEE (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Medicine

AMA (Paper) [create], MLA (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Music

Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Turabian (Paper) [create], Turabian (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Philosophy

MLA (Paper) [create], MLA (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Physics

Political Science

APSA

Psychology

APA (Paper) [create], APA (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Religion

MLA (Paper) [create], MLA (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Sociology

Theater

MLA (Paper) [create], MLA (Thesis or Expose) [create]
Chicago (Paper) [create], Chicago (Thesis or Expose) [create]

Source: https://subjectguides.library.american.edu/c.php?g=175008&p=1154150