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

• AIP

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

• ASA

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