Research Guides: Citation Guides: APSA

Online Manual

Style Manual for Political Science by American Political Science Association
Publication Date: 2018
The 2018 revision is open-source on the APSA website.

"APSA style, in most instances, follows guidelines set forth in the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (CMS). Throughout this manual, CMS citation numbers are included in parentheses, where appropriate, to refer readers to specific sections of CMS’s 17th edition." References begin on page 45.

APSA Citation Guidelines

APSA Citation Guidelines
The American Political Science Association uses a variation of the Chicago Manual of Style citation system. It concentrates on formats important to political science, with special attention given to documents produced within the United States government. It provides a pragmatic and simple way to reference publications in a variety of formats.

The most recent citation style guide (2006) for the American Political Science Association is predicated upon the the publication of the 16th edition of theChicago Manual of Style. Most of the citation style guidelines are based on the Chicago Style.

APSA relies on an author-date system (as used in Chicago Style), and in APSA, parenthetical references within the text direct readers to the reference list. Note that the notes and bibliography system is not used in ASPA.