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Online Citation Programs

BibMe
The fully automatic bibliography maker that auto-fills. It's the easiest way to build a works cited page. And it's free.
Son of Citation Machine
For MLA, APA, Turabian & Chicago. Pick the fornmat you want, plug your citation information in and it cites for you. It even does podcasts, TV shows, & web content.

Additional Writing and Citing Help

APA Tutorial
This tutorial is designed for writers new to APA Style. Learn the basics of seventh edition APA Style, including paper elements, format, and organization; academic writing style; grammar and usage; bias-free language; mechanics of style; tables and figures; in-text citations, paraphrasing, and quotations; and reference list format and order.

Here are a few more links to explore:

APSA Style Manual
Style Manual for Political Science
ASA Style Guide
Citation guidelines for the American Sociological Association.
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
From Indiana University
Purdue University Online Writing Lab (The OWL)
Over 200 free resources, including writing and teaching writing, research, grammar and mechanics, style guides, ESL (English as a Second Language), job search and professional writing.

Citing Sources

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Paper Manuals

MLA handbook 9th. ed.
Call Number: New Items LB2369 .M52 2021
Covers electronic searching methods, using computers to write research papers, and citing electronic publications
Be sure to check with your instructor to see which edition they want you to use.
MLA Handbook 8th Edition
Call Number: Main Collection LB2369 .G53 2016
Be sure to check with your instructor to see which edition they want you to use.
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 7th edition
Call Number: Main Collection BF76.7 .P83 2020
A newer version of the APA Manual
Publication manual of the American Psychological Association 6th edition
Call Number: Main Collection BF76.7 .P83 2010
The style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration, and other disciplines.
Concise rules of APA style
Call Number: Main Collection BF76.7 .C66 2010
Offers essential writing and formatting standards for students, teachers, researchers, and clinicians in the social and behavioral sciences.
A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago style for students and researchers
Call Number: Main Collection LB2369 .T8 2007
Includes sections on online databases, e-books, and "informally published electronic sources." A new and lengthy part 1, "Researching and Writing: From Planning to Production," cautions researchers to "beware of Wikipedia" and "never cite it as an authoritative source."
The Chicago Manual of Style: 17th edition
Call Number: Main Collection Z253 .C57 2017
Offers updated guidelines on electronic workflows and publication formats, tools for PDF annotation and citation management, web accessibility standards, and effective use of metadata, abstracts, and keywords.

MLA Websites

MLA Overview (The OWL at Purdue)
An overview of MLA
MLA Work Cited Page: Electronic Sources/Web Publications (The OWL at Purdue)
Details correct way to cite electronic resources. "Electronic Sources" include general web pages as well as online scholarly journal articles found in scholarly databases.
MLA Works Cited Page: Other Common Sources (The OWL at Purdue)
Need to cite an interview, speech, sculpture, tv program, or other unusual format? This guide will show you how.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide (The OWL at Purdue)
MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. This resource, updated to reflect the MLA Handbook (8th ed.), offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
MLA Style Libguide
Published by a librarian at Camosun College Library. An excellent, very detailed guide on MLA Style. Includes the 7th and 8th editions of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.

APA (American Psychological Association)

APA Style Workshop from the OWL at Purdue
This workshop introduces important aspects of the American Psychological Association (APA) Style used to format research papers.
APA Formatting and Style Guide
Basic rules for formatting a reference list in APA style.
APA Citation: Frequently Asked Questions
From Indiana University
How to Cite ebooks
E-books come in a variety of formats (e.g., Kindle, Adobe Digital Editions, EPub, HTML, and more) and can be read on a variety of devices (e.g., e-readers like the Kindle, Nook, and Sony Reader, as well as on personal computers and mobile devices through online portals such as NetLibrary, ebrary, and Google Books). This post shows how to cite any e-book in APA Style.