...Chicago? etc.? I have to write an observational study essay for my Astronomy course. Basically what we're observing is the night sky (the moon's motion, the stars' brightness and planets colours).
I've never written an observational study before. Is there a specific format/style to write this in?
I know MLA is normally for English and Humanities papers, and APA is for psychology and social science papers. Then there's Chicago/Turabian. I also found "CSE" which is for Biological and other sciences. and AIP which is for Physics (not sure if it's strictly just journals though..)
I've emailed my instructor (i do school through distance education) and he said format isn't really an issue as long as i'm consistent when it comes to citation. Normally there wouldn't be much citation done in an observational study, but i'm also using a computer program (its free-ware, so there's no CD) which helps with finding objects in the night sky that i can't see outside myself.
So i guess the main issue here is, which citation style has information on citing computer programs that aren't on CDs. I've looked high and low all over the internet and i feel like im running in circles and not able to find a concrete answer.
oh, and does formating of title pages matter as well? lol
thanks for any help anyone can give! <3
I've never written an observational study before. Is there a specific format/style to write this in?
I know MLA is normally for English and Humanities papers, and APA is for psychology and social science papers. Then there's Chicago/Turabian. I also found "CSE" which is for Biological and other sciences. and AIP which is for Physics (not sure if it's strictly just journals though..)
I've emailed my instructor (i do school through distance education) and he said format isn't really an issue as long as i'm consistent when it comes to citation. Normally there wouldn't be much citation done in an observational study, but i'm also using a computer program (its free-ware, so there's no CD) which helps with finding objects in the night sky that i can't see outside myself.
So i guess the main issue here is, which citation style has information on citing computer programs that aren't on CDs. I've looked high and low all over the internet and i feel like im running in circles and not able to find a concrete answer.
oh, and does formating of title pages matter as well? lol
thanks for any help anyone can give! <3