CITE YOUR SOURCES

Style guides for MLA, APA, and Chicago formats are available in the library at the Reference desk, in the Reference collection, and on Reserve.
Be consistent using one format for your project.

• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. BF76.7 .P83 2001   
• NEW: APA Style Guide to Electronic References. 2007--ask at the Reference Desk, or link to pdf at APA Style Guide for Electronic References.  Basic information and samples at APA's web site, Electronic References.
• MLA handbook for writers of research papers. LB2369 .G53 2003
• The Chicago manual of style. Z253 .U69 2003
• A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations / Kate L. Turabian.  LB2369 .T8 1996

RefWorks is an online resource that can help build a bibiliography and save citiations.  Create an account for yourself, save citations into RefWorks folders as you gather resources, select the format for the bibliography, and set up a resources list that only needs checking and correcting instead of typing or pasting in each item.  If you have an assignment with many sources, it is probably worth the time to learn to use RefWorks.  The links on the library web page include instructions and tutorials.

Reference Librarians will help you look up reference styles for particular sources.  Also, the Writing Center has student consultants who can meet with you to discuss citation formats and other parts of the process of putting together your paper. It is located in Sundquist 119. Call 394-8095 for more information.

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The above information is also available on handouts in the library.

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Last updated on December 13, 2007.

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