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Cite in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, AMA, ACS and over 10,000 other styles, right in your document. Choose a style in the editor's status bar and every citation and the reference list update. Search the style menu for journal and university versions, such as BMJ, The Lancet, PLOS, ACM, Springer and Elsevier.
| Style | Type | In the text | Common in |
|---|---|---|---|
| APA 7th | Author–date | (Walker & Stickgold, 2005) | Psychology, education, social sciences |
| APA 6th | Author–date | (Walker & Stickgold, 2005) | Courses that still ask for APA 6 |
| MLA 9th | Author–page | (Walker and Stickgold) | Literature, languages, humanities |
| Chicago (Author-Date) | Author–date | (Walker and Stickgold 2005) | Sciences and social sciences |
| Chicago (Notes) | Notes | Footnote | History, arts, humanities |
| Turabian | Notes | Footnote | Student papers in the humanities |
| Harvard | Author–date | (Walker and Stickgold, 2005) | Many UK and Australian universities |
| IEEE | Numbered | [1] | Engineering, computer science |
| Vancouver | Numbered | (1) | Medicine, health sciences |
| AMA | Numbered | Superscript ¹ | Medicine, nursing, public health |
| ACS | Numbered | Superscript ¹ | Chemistry |
| Nature | Numbered | Superscript ¹ | Natural sciences |
| Science | Numbered | (1) | Natural sciences |
| Bluebook | Notes | Footnote | Law (US) |
| OSCOLA | Notes | Footnote | Law (UK) |
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