LibGuides: History: Modern South Asia: Citation Help

Citation Style Guides

History Department Style Guide The official style and citation guide from UVic's History Department, based on the current version of Chicago Style (Notes and Bibliography).

Chicago Manual of Style QuickGuide - Select "Notes and Bibliography Style" to see examples of commonly cited items.

Chicago Manual of Style Online The Complete Chicago Manual of Style Online.
This is the preferred style for UVic's Department of History. Currently on their 17th edition. A UVic libraries subscription, so requires logging in.

UVic Libraries Citation Help What is a citation? How to cite in many different styles, how to identify what you are trying to cite, and much more.

UVic Libraries Guide to Citation Management Options Use a software tool to help you collect, organize and use your sources, streamline the creation of bibliographies and footnotes, and much more.

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Elements of Indigenous Style

Kwantlen University's guidelines for citing Indigenous Elders
Kwantlan has created recommendations for citing elders in Chicago Style, in consultation with SFU and UBC, and with Elder in Residence Lekeyten to create a template for Chicago Style. Advice is also provided for citing elders in APA and MLA.

Elements of Indigenous style : a guide for writing by and about Indigenous peoples by Gregory Younging Ebook or print copies held at Research Help Desk, Reference Collection and main library. Elements of Indigenous Style offers Indigenous writers and editors--and everyone creating works about Indigenous Peoples--the first published guide to common questions and issues of style and process.
Call Number: PN147 Y68 2018
ISBN: 9781550597165
Publication Date: 2018

Inclusive language, diversity, and writing in Canada

UVic - Inclusive Language
Conscious Style Guide
The essential guide to conscious language.
Diversity Style Guide
a resource to help journalists and other media professionals cover a complex, multicultural world with accuracy, authority and sensitivity. The guide includes terms and phrases related to race/ethnicity; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity; age and generation; drugs and alcohol; and physical, mental and cognitive disabilities.
Canadian Oxford Dictionary
Barber, Katherine. Canadian Oxford Dictionary. 2nd edition. Don Mills, Ont. ;: Oxford University Press, 2004. This is the official spelling authority for the University of Victoria.