Citation Help/Writing Resources

Formatting Citations in Microsoft Word 2007
(Note: citation formating features are only available in editions of Microsoft Word 2007 and later releases)

• Using Microsoft 2007 to Create References and Bibliographies
  Northern Michigan University Olson Library tutorial

• Guide to Citing Sources in Word 2007 (PDF)
  The Globe University Education Network Library

• Tips for Correctly formatting a research paper in Microsoft Word 2007 (PDF)
  LSC-North Harris College Library

• References and Citations in Word 2007
  Florida Gulf Coast University tutorial

APA Style

• Official APA Style Home Online
  Reference to the editorial style guide and system of citations preferred by the American Psychological Association.
  Specific recommendations regarding citations of electronic and on-line materials.
  >>Electronic Media and URLs
  >>Citations in Text of Electronic Material
• APA Style: The Social Sciences
  Bedford/St. Martin's "Research and Documentation Online" from Diane Hacker, Prince George's Community College. Examples of in-text citation, bibliographic entries, manuscript format and a sample paper.
• APA Style Guide
  "Psychology With Style: A Hypertext Writing Guide" - Version 2 by M. Plonsky, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin -Stevens Point.
• Using APA Format
  Excellent handout created by OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University.
• Citation Guide: APA Guide
  Simon Fraser University Library
• APA Citation Guide
  Ohio State University Libraries
• APA: Overview
  Prepared by Writing Center at Colorado State University.
• APA Citation Format
  Guides created by Katherine Holmes, Asst. Library Director, Ludcke Library at Lesley College.
• APA Style Bibliographic Citations Guide (PDF)
  Seattle Central Community College Library.
• APA Documentation Style
  From The Writer's Handbook, University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center.
• APA Style Guide
  From the Bibliography Styles Handbook at the Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

MLA Style

• MLA Style
  These guidelines on MLA documentation style are the only ones available on the Internet that are authorized by the Modern Language Association of America (activation code from a recent copy of MLA Handbook [7th edition or later] required to create an account).
• MLA Style: English and other Humanities
  Bedford/St. Martin's "Research and Documentation Online" from Diane Hacker, Prince George's Community College. Examples of in-text citation, list of works cited, information notes, manuscript format and a sample paper.
• Using MLA Format
  Excellent handout created by OWL (Online Writing Lab) at Purdue University.
• Citation Guide: MLA
  Simon Fraser University Library
• MLA Citation Guide
  Ohio State University Libraries
• MLA: Overview
  Prepared by Writing Center at Colorado State University.
• Citing Databases - Gale
  Citation guides for electronic documents found online in Gale Databases like Infotrac Newspapers, Business & Company Resource Center, Literature Resource Center, and Health Reference Center.
• MLA Citation Format
  Guides created by Katherine Holmes, Asst. Library Director, Ludcke Library at Lesley College.
• MLA Bibliographic Guide (PDF)
  Seattle Central Community College Library.
• MLA Style Guide
  From the Bibliography Styles Handbook at the Writers' Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Other Styles

• Uncle Sam - Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications
  "This guide provides examples of the most common examples of government document citations. These examples are based on the Chicago/Turabian standard bibliographic style and not reference-list form."
• Chicago Style: History
  Bedford/St. Martin's "Research and Documentation Online" from Diane Hacker, Prince George's Community College. Examples of footnotes & endnotes, bibliography, model notes, manuscript format and sample pages.
• Citation Guide: Chicago/Turabian Style
  Simon Fraser University Library
• Citation Guide: Chicago/Turabian Style (PDF)
  University of California-Berkeley
• Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide
  Ohio State University Libraries
• Chicago Manual of Style (Turabian)
  Prepared by Writing Center at Colorado State University.
• Chicago (Turabian) Bibliographic Guide (PDF)
  Seattle Central Community College Library
• Citing Electronic Information in History Papers
  Dr. Maurice Crouse, Department of History, The University of Memphis
• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation
  Peter W. Martin Cornell Law School - "This citation primer is based on the Seventeenth Edition of the "Bluebook." This document links, point by point, to the disk version of this material held on the LII's Folio Webserver."
• Council of Biology Editors (CBE) Scientific Style
  Prepared by Writing Center at Colorado State University.
• CSE (formerly CBE) Citation Guide
  Ohio State University Libraries.
• CBE (formerly CBE) Number System: Sciences
  Bedford/St. Martin's "Research and Documentation Online" from Diane Hacker, Prince George's Community College. Examples of number system, reference list, manuscript format and sample pages.

Combo Pages

• Style Manuals and Writing Guides
  California State University, Los Angeles library guides includes AAA, APA, ASA, MLA, Chicago and Turabian.
• Citing Electronic Sources - Library of Congress
  Provides MLA and Turabian style, both structure & examples, using the various resources available on the Library of Congress web site.
• Citation Style for Research Papers
  Choose from MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, and AMA at Long Island University Library.
• ONLINE! Citation Styles
  Companion web site to a Bedford/St. Martin's print publication, "ONLINE! A Reference Guide for Using Internet Resources," by Harnack & Kleppinger.
• Citing Sources
  From Duke University Libraries "Guide to Library Research" includes APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian
• Citation & Writing Guides
  University of Washington Library Citation & Writing Guides includes APA, MLA, and CBE.
• Citing Electronic Resources
  by Binghamton University Libraries

Online Auto-Style Composers

• Citation Builder
  "...easy-to-use tool that helps students construct APA, MLA, and CBE style citations for books, scholarly journal articles, articles a reprinted collection, book chapter, personal essay, or interview."
• Citation Machine
  David Warlick's Landmark Project includes this online composer. Uses fill-in-the-blank forms to build a MLA-style bibliography. Forms included are Web Page, Book, Article, Newspaper or Magazine and Email Message.
• MLA Citation Maker OR APA Citation Maker
  From the Oregon School Library Information System. Interactive MLA and APA online citation builders.
• EasyBib.com
  "EasyBib.com is a website dedicated to helping writers create bibliographies. Whether the source may be an encyclopedia, a book with three authors, or an online database, the individual formats can often be confusing." "Easybib.com adheres to the 6th Edition of MLA Handbook for Writers and Researchers."
• Bib Builder 1.3
  "Choose a form, fill it out, and push the button... you will get an individual entry for a "Works Cited" page, which you may then copy and paste into your word processor. The BibBuilder is more like a guide than a full-fledged utility, but you may nevertheless find it helpful."
• UTEL: MLA-Style Bibliography Builder 1.0b
  "The bibliography builder helps you to fill in a form with the information required to construct an entry for an MLA-style Works Cited list. Help is available for each item on the form."
• NoodleBib - The MLA Bibliography Composer
  NoodleBib is now part of a subscription service called NoodleTools. It does provide a method to simplify the process of creating and editing MLA-style bibliographies. There is a fee for this service.

Writing Centers

• Purdue University's On-Line Writing Lab
  With over 120 instructional handouts, this is one of the finest collections of writing resources on the Web. Topics covered include writing research papers, parts of speech, punctuation, sentence construction, spelling, ESL, and more.
• Writing@CSU: The Writing Center at Colorado State University
  "The Writing Center supports local and CSU writers and teachers with a wide range of resources, including interactive tutorials and demonstrations, writing guides, and extensive links to writing and teaching resources on the Internet."
• Undergraduate Writing Center at University of Texas-Handouts
• University Writing Center at Texas A&M University
• The Writing Center at Tidewater Community College
  Another excellent collection of writing handouts and guides from a Virginia community college.

Writing Guides and Handbooks

• Strunk's Elements of Style
  (William Strunk, Jr, 1918, first edition) The classic work on good writing style.
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
  College guide to effective use of the English language. Includes definitions of sentence parts, rules for comma usage and other punctuation marks, plurals and possessives, spelling, nouns and modifiers, words and phrases to avoid, capitalization, spelling and abbreviations.
• Guide to Grammar & Style
  Prepared by Jack Lynch, "Assistant Professor in the English department of the Newark campus of Rutgers University, specializing in the English literature of the eighteenth century.."
• UVic Writer's Guide
  From the University of Victoria (Canada) Writing Center. "Originally prepared for students in the English Department at the University of Victoria, the Guide is an introduction to the process of writing and to the study of literature."
• Indispensable Writing Resources
  "From Quintessential Careers: You'll find everything on and off the Net that you could possibly need in writing or researching a paper, including links to all sorts of reference material, links to writing labs, links to Web search engines, and links to writing-related Web sites."
• LEO: Literacy Education Online
  "LEO is the homepage for The Write Place, the writing center at St. Cloud State University, as well as the online site for Kaleidoscope, SCSU's multicultural literary magazine."
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  Exceptional interactive online guide to writing essays & term papers.
• Writer's Handbook
  From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center topics include Academic Writing, Essays & Application Letters, Grammar & Style and Documentation Guides.
• Writers' Workshop
  From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Be sure to look at the other writing resources available on this exceptional web site.
• Advice on Academic Writing
  "These files answer the kinds of questions that University of Toronto students ask about their written assignments. Most were created by writing instructors here--people who are familiar with U of T expectations. But you will also find links to good advice from writing instructors at other institutions."
• A+ Research & Writing Center
  From the Internet Public Library a "Step by Step Guide to Researching and Writing a Paper."
• Getting an A on an English Paper
  From Jack Lynch, English Professor at Rutgers University: "My audience is primarily undergraduates in college English classes, though of course some advice will be appropriate for high schoolers and graduate students. The idea is to collect all my advice on writing good English papers in one place. There's no guarantee following this advice will earn you an A - there are few guarantees to be had anywhere - but I hope all of it will be useful in improving your papers."
• How to Write an Essay
  The Department of English, University of Victoria
• How to Write a Term Paper
  From Gale Online Publishing "This guide is designed to support you as you use electronic and print resources to: Choose a Topic...Begin and Organize a Research Paper...Prepare a Works Cited Page."
• Writing about Literature
  From LITWEB, an online companion to The Norton Introduction to Literature.
• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography
  Cornell University Library
• MLA: Annotated Bibliography (PDF)
  Miracosta College Library
• Annotated Bibliography Guidelines
  Tidewater Community College Writing Center
• Annotated Bibliography Example
  Scottsdale Community College Writing Center
• How to Write a Project Proposal
  From the Worchester Polytechnic Institute
• UCI Libraries Thesis and Dissertation Manual
  From the University of California, Irvine
• Texas A&M University Thesis and Dissertation Manual
• Master's Thesis Preparation Guide
  Doctoral Dissertation Preparation Guide
  From the University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School
• Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation
  This guide looks at many of the quasi-political aspects of the thesis/dissertation process. "Such topics as how to select a supportive committee, making a compelling presentation of your research outcomes and strategies for actually getting the paper written are discussed." Scroll to the bottom of the page to find excellent links to additional online information.

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