Referencing & Citation Guides

APA (American Psychological Association): Commonly used in psychology, education, and social sciences. Uses in-text author-date citations and a "References" list.

MLA (Modern Language Association): Standard in humanities and literature courses. Uses author-page in-text citations and a "Works Cited" page.

Harvard: Widely used across UK and Australian universities for business, management, and general academic writing. Author-date in-text style.

Chicago: Common in history and some social sciences. Offers both a footnote/endnote system and an author-date system.

OSCOLA: The standard for UK law assignments. Uses footnotes rather than in-text citations, with a Table of Cases and Bibliography.

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