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Music Research: Citing Sources

Turabian/Chicago Style From Kate Turabian's A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, which is based on the Chicago Manual of Style. Turabian style can be used for many different disciplines in the humanities; in music, Turabian style is often used with papers dealing with music history or music theory.

Chicago Manual of Style Notes-Bibliography System Style Guide, from the University Libraries, The Ohio State University
Turabian Style, from the Lydia M. Olson Library, Northern Michigan University (HTML)
Citing Compact Discs (discography example), from Trinity College Library, Hartford, CN
Citing Grove Music Online, from DePauw University Libraries
Citing Scores, from DePauw University Libraries

APA Style
APA (American Psychological Association) style is typically used to cite sources within the social sciences; in music, APA is used most often with professional literature in music education.

APA Formatting and Style Guide, from The OWL at Purdue, Purdue University (HTML)
APA Style Essentials, from Douglas Degelman, Ph.D., and Martin Lorenzo Harris, Ph.D, Vanguard University of Southern California (HTML and PDF versions available)

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography, from Cornell University Libraries