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Citation Styles

The following citation styles are the most popular and most used at SPU. Click the links below to learn more about citing sources in each style.

AMA
From the American Medical Association. Used at SPU in nutrition & dietetics classes.
APA
This citation style is commonly used by writers and students in the Social Sciences, Business, Nursing, Psychology, and Economics.
APSA
ASA/ASR
This citation style is primarily used in Sociology.
Chicago
CSE
MLA
SBL
This citation style is the one preferred by the School of Theology and Seattle Pacific Seminary. Its default is (1) notes and bibliography (6.1-4, pp. 68-104), but it offers also (2) an author-date and works cited option for "Authors writing in [practical theology and] the social sciences" (6.5, pp. 104-108). It is based on Chicago style. SBL stands for the Society of Biblical Literature.