| When a term paper is assigned, the instructor will | | | | As for the the Chicago style, it is used for consumer |
| inform the students of the citation style that is | | | | products such as magazines, books, new stories and |
| preferred for the term paper writing assignment. | | | | published material that is not generally used for graded |
| Failure to produce a paper in the requested style can | | | | papers, although some teachers will allow its use. You |
| cause a final rejection of the paper. When a term | | | | should check with your instructor before using the |
| paper has the power to determine a student's | | | | Chicago style. Other educational institutions use their |
| success in a course, it is important for a student to | | | | own styles such as the Harvard style, the Council of |
| become familiarized with the different styles used in | | | | Biology Editors style and the Columbia Guide To Online |
| term paper writing. | | | | Style. |
| The different style formats concern the proper citation | | | | The different styles concern the placement and |
| of digital sources of information. A citation for | | | | formatting of the various elements of the citation. You |
| electronic sources is meant to give as much | | | | will be inserting information into each citation that |
| information as possible about the source. This is | | | | concerns the author's name, title of the work, |
| important because web pages can be impermanent | | | | bibliographic data, publishing information, date of |
| and the Internet source that was once there, can | | | | retrieval of the source, date of the copyright, url and |
| disappear overnight. The more information that can be | | | | any other information that will identify the |
| detailed about an Internet source, the easier it will be | | | | electronicsource. |
| later to verify the previous existence if that becomes | | | | As you conduct your research, keep an up to date log |
| necessary. | | | | of your research with accurate citations that are taken |
| The main styles that are used for term papers | | | | the day that you access the source. This will prevent |
| citations are the Modern Language Association (MLA), | | | | the loss of information if the page is removed before |
| American Psychological Association (APA), Chicago | | | | you have collected the information. Without the proper |
| and Turabian styles. The MLA and APA are used at | | | | citation, you cannot properly use a source of |
| many colleges. It is the instructor's preferences that will | | | | information in your term paper. |
| determine the required style for the term paper. | | | | By carefully adhering to the citation rules that are set |
| If the instructor does not assign a certain style for the | | | | by any style, you can produce a correctly formatted |
| term paper, you can use a general guideline for | | | | list of your information sources. For many instructors, |
| choosing the style which suggests that the MLA style | | | | the style of the term paper is just as important the |
| is suitable for social science term papers and that the | | | | sources used in the background research for term |
| APA is good for humanities, literature and arts | | | | paper writing. You can pass your term paper with |
| programs. The Turabian is versatile and can be used | | | | flying colors when you can use a citation style that will |
| for most, if not all term papers. | | | | keep your instructor happy. |