Style Guides Which style guide should you use? Ask your professor first. If s/he doesn't have a preference, here are some suggestions: APA: psychology, education, and other social sciences. MLA: literature, arts, and humanities. AMA: medicine, health, and biological sciences. Turabian: designed for college students to use with all subjects. Chicago: used with "real world" subjects in books, magazines, newspapers, and other non-scholarly publications.
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