The following table of recommended style manuals should help you to select the appropriate citing/referencing session (if any) when registering for the Campus Libraries Thesis Boot Camp 2021.
If you are still unsure which referencing style you should use, kindly check with your Lecturer/Academic Supervisor.
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FACULTY |
STYLE MANUAL |
COMMENTS |
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Engineering |
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) -- 17th ed. -- Author-Date Format |
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Food and Agriculture |
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) -- 17th ed. -- Author-Date Format |
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Humanities and Education |
MLA Handbook (MLA) (Exceptions below) |
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Department of History |
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) -- 17th ed. -- Notes-Bibliography Format MLA Handbook (MLA) |
No session offered. Please contact your Liaison Librarian to request. |
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Communication Studies Programme under Department of Literary, Cultural, and Communication Studies |
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) -- 7th ed. (new students from 2020/2021) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) -- 6th ed. |
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School of Education |
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) -- 7th ed. (new students from 2020/2021) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) -- 6th ed. |
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Law |
The Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) -- 4th ed. |
No session offered. Please contact your Liaison Librarian to request. |
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Medical Sciences |
Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (Vancouver) (Exceptions below) |
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School of Nursing Department of Psychiatry |
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) -- 7th ed. (new students from 2020/2021) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) -- 6th ed. |
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Science and Technology |
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) -- 17th ed. -- Author-Date Format (Except the Department of Chemistry) |
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Department of Chemistry MPhil and PhD candidates
MSc candidates in the Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH) Programme |
The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information (ACS) -- 3rd ed.
The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) -- 17th ed. -- Author-Date Format |
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| Social Sciences | The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) -- 17th ed. -- Author-Date Format |