Citation Guides

Citation Guide

A basic guide in PDF format including several common citation formats for books and journal articles, organized in two sections, the first in Modern Language Association (MLA) style, the second in American Psychological Assciation (APA) style.

Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab

The Purdue (University) Online Writing Lab (OWL) is an all-purpose writing lab site, with the following as its most popular resources, though the site includes much, much more:  

• MLA Formatting and Style Guide
• APA Formatting and Style Guide
• Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition
• Conducting Research
• Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
• Strategies for Fair Use
• Job Search Writing

Research and Documentation Online

Maintained by Diana Hacker, this website is divided into four main sections for Humanities, Social Sciences, History, and Sciences, each section further divided into three sections, Finding Sources, Documenting Sources, and Sample pages.   The four documentation styles described in detail and illustrated with many sample citations include:

• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Council of Science Editors (CSE)

UNC University Libraries Citation Tutorial

Click your way through a quick and lucid tutorial created by the faculty and staff of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill including segments for:  

• "Why We Cite explains the role of citation in scholarly work, provides guidelines for deciding when you need to cite, and gives a definition of plagiarism"
• "APA explains when and how to cite information using APA style"
• "MLA explains when and how to cite information using MLA style "
• "Chicago explains when and how to cite information using Chicago (Turabian) style"
• "CSE /CBE explains when and how to cite information using CSE/CBE style"