The choice of a suitable style for referencing sources of information used in the thesis is diverse. What is important is consistency and that the data cited in the REFERENCE section of this manual be included. You have some latitude in how to format the citation elements. Your major professor will have preferences based on the standards used in his or her discipline.
In addition to guidelines for authors in preparing periodical articles provided by the various professional engineering societies that are on reserve, the following titles are found in Logan Library:
Achert, Walter S. and Joseph Gibaldi. The MLA Style Manual. 3rd
ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1985.
The Chicago Manual of Style for Authors, Editors, and Copywriters.
14th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
Dodd, Janet S., ed.; Marianne C. Brogan, advisory editor. The ACS
Style Guide: A Manual for Authors and Editors. Washington:
American Chemical Society, 1986.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
4th ed. Washington: The Association, 1994.
Other useful titles for better understanding the rules of English composition and spelling are:
Day, Robert A. Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other
Professionals. Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1992.
Flexner, Stuart Berg. Random House Unabridged Dictionary. 2nd
ed., rev. and updated. New York: Random House, 1993.
Millward, Celia. Handbook for Writers. 2nd ed. New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 1983.
The Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1991.
Parker, Sybil P., editor in chief. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific
and Technical Terms. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Webster's Standard Style Manual. Springfield, Mass.: Meriam-
Webster, 1985.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English
Language, Unabridged. Springfield, Mass.: G & C. Merriam Co.,
1971.