Paper Writing Central

Listed below are some of the most common areas where paper writing styles may be employed and the rules for using four different methods: Turabian (5th edition; an adaptation of the Chicago Manual of Style [CMS]), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and LSA (Linguistic Society of America).
Page Numbering

Turabian 5th — First […]

Compound Sentence Commas
1. Skim your paper, looking only for the seven coordinating conjunctions:
and, nor, but, so, for, or, and yet.
2. Stop at each of these words to see whether there is an independent clause (a complete sentence), on both sides of it.
3. If so, place a comma before the […]

The bibliographical format described here is taken from the American Sociological Review.
References in the Text:
Cite the last name of the author and year of publication. Include page references whenever you think it would help the reader. Later references to the same source are cited in the […]