Style Comparison Sheet (updated 2015)
1a. Note the differences between these styles. 1b. Contemplate why these differences may
exist—what priorities might those disciplines have that cause the style to emphasize one piece of
datum over another?
2. Identify the style that your chosen major will probably use.
Turabian
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student paper version of Chicago Manual of Style
disciplines that favor it: musicology, history, art history, women's studies, and theology.
Bibliography:
Wurman, Richard Saul. Information Anxiety 2. Indianapolis, IN: QUE, 2001.
Footnote:
Richard Saul Wurman, Information Anxiety 2 (Indianapolis, IN: QUE, 2001), 71.
In-Text:
(Wurman 2001, 71)
APA (American Psychological Association)
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Favored by the social sciences.
Prioritizes dates; why would that be? Show how the research falls chronologically in the
history of the research. Immediacy/Currency is all important.
Also, avoids revealing the gender of the author, because of the rampant sexism in the
medical and scientific research fields.
Reference (aka bibliography):
Kmoisar, L. (1991). The new feminism. New York: Franklin Watts.
In-text:
(Komisar, 1991, p. 201)
MLA (Modern Language Association)
—favored by the humanities: English, media studies, cultural studies. Name of author is
prioritized. Why? Sometimes old data, from 1920s articles, can still be foundational, so we
don’t discount it (like they might in science research). Knowing who wrote it adds weight to the
argument, at least to people in the field.
Works Cited:
Johnson, Charles Richard. Middle Passage. New York: Atheneum, 1990. Print.
Parenthetical:
(Johnson 176).
CSE (Counsel of Sciences Editors Style)
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note differences. Why would this be? Similar to APA priorities.
Bibliography:
McCormac JS, Kennedy G. 2004. Birds of Ohio. Auburn (WA): Lone Pine. p. 77-78.
In-text:
(McCormac and Kennedy 2004)