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POLITICS 296B: ISLAM AND POLITICS

Fall 2011 (Professor Kiracofe)

Citation Styles

Unfortunately, there is no universally agreed-upon "style" for documenting the use of sources in research -- no single method for formatting footnotes, bibliographies, endnotes, in-text citations, etc.

Instead, there are more than a half-dozen, most of which are specialized for use in one or more subject areas.

The W&L University Library maintain a collection of resources on these styles:

Please note that most of these resources are online, but some of the most important volumes still are available only in printed form.