Citing Resources: Reference Materials

Citing acknowledges the work of others and gives credit to their ideas. Citing lends authority to your own writing by identifying source material and offering readers an opportunity to examine it for themselves.

This guide provides resources for formatting citations for books, articles, websites, full-text databases, and eBooks. Citation style differs according to the academic discipline, but many Air University schools follow the AU Style and Author Guide, based on the Chicago Manual. Your instructor can answers questions about course-specific requirements.

Citation Style Guides Online

Air University Press, Maxwell AFB, AL, 2015. 240 p.

April 2024. 5 p.

v2.1, 18 Jul 22. Formerly: eSchool style guide

• Executive Services Directorate. Writing Style Guide and Preferred Usage of DoD Issuances(February 10, 2020). 27 p.

• Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed. University of Chicago Press, IL, 2017. 1144 p.

• Hacker, Diana and Fister, Barbara. Research and Documentation Online. MacMillan Education, London, UK, 2010.

• Crouse, Maurice. Citing Electronic Information in History Papers. University of Memphis, TN, 1997.

• Purdue Owl. Purdue Online Writing Lab, contains free writing resources and instructional materials as well as formatting style guidelines

• Turabian Quick Guide,The ninth edition aligns with related titles in the Chicago Style Suit