Guidelines for Master's Theses and Projects


APPENDIX B

ACCEPTABLE STYLE MANUALS


BIOLOGY:

Style Manual Committee, Council of Biology Editors. 1994. Scientific Style and Format: The CBE Manual for Authors, Editors and Publishers. 6th ed. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).

[Your chair may want you to format your thesis according to the style used for a particular journal. If so, please let the Graduate Studies office know the title of the journal.]

CULTURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT:

Editorial Policy and Style Guide for American Antiquity, Vol. 48, No. 2, 1983.

EDUCATION

American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition. (Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001).

ENGLISH

Gibaldi, Joseph, and Achtert, Walter S. 2003 MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. (New York: The Modern Language Association of America).

HISTORY:

Turabian, Kate L. 1996. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations. 6th ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press).

KINESIOLOGY:

Biomechanics / Kinesiology: International Journal of Sports Biomechanics.

Motor Learning, Psychology of Sport: APA, listed below

Physiology of Exercise: APA, listed below.

PSYCHOLOGY, NURSING, BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION AND KINESIOLOGY (as noted above):

American Psychological Association. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 5th edition. (Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001).

OTHERS:

Slade, Carole. 2000. Form and Style: Theses, Reports, Term Papers. 11th ed. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin).

University of Chicago Press. 2003. The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press).


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