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Citing Your Sources

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Tools for Citing Sources
When you use other people's work or ideas, you must give them credit.  Use style guides to help you navigate this process and learn how to cite Web sites, prepare a bibliography, construct a footnote, and more! 

Here are some of the most widely used style manuals.

MLA Style
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th ed.
Call Number 808.02 M6998 2009
(located in Kent Stacks, Reference & at Reserve Desk)

MLA style guide sites

Online Writing Lab (OWL), based on 7th ed. - Purdue University
Research and Documentation Online (Hacker), based on 7th ed.
Online Writing Lab (OWL), based on 7th ed. - Southeast MO State Univ.

MLA - step by step
Citing a web resource, from Kent Library
Citing an article, from Kent Library

 

APA Style
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th ed.
Call Number 808.06615 P96 2010
(located in Reference & at Reserve Desk)

APA style guide sites
Online Writing Lab (OWL), based on 6th ed. - Purdue University
Research and Documentation Online (Hacker), based on 6th ed.
APA Style Help, based on 6th ed. - from the American Psychological Association

APA - step by step
Citing a web resource, from Kent Library
Citing an article, from Kent Library

 

Chicago Style
Chicago Manual of Style
Call Number  808.0270973 C432 2003
(located in Reference & at Reserve Desk)

Chicago style guide site
Online Writing Lab (OWL), based on 16th ed. - from Purdue University
 

AMA Style
American Medical Association Manual of Style
Call Number   808.06661 Am11 2007
(located in Reference & Kent Library Stacks)

AMA style source
University of Washington - Health Sciences Libraries

CSE Style
Scientific Style and Format: the CSE manual for authors, editors, and publishers
Call Number   808.066 Sci279 2006
(located in Reference)

Online CSE Style source
Documenting Sources (CSE Style: Biology and other Sciences)

 

Other Style Guides
The Columbia Guide to Online Style
Call Number  808.027 W152c2
(located at Reserve Desk)

A Manual for Writers (Turabian)
Call Number  808.02 T84m7
(located in Reference & at Reserve Desk)


The Complete Guide to Citing Government Information Resources

Call Number  808.02 G186c3 2003
(located in Reference)

Online government information citing sources
Citing Government Information Sources - from University of Nevada

Online & Print Sources
Various disciplines, such as Biology, Sociology & Mathematics have their own methods for citing information.  Use the following Purdue University OWL Lab site to use and learn about the variety of discipline specific style guides.
Resources for Documenting Sources in the Disciplines


Citation ToolBox
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Parts of an APA Scholarly Article Citation   
Parts of an MLA Article Citation from an Online Database 
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Elements of a Citation: CINAHL View View
Elements of a Citation: ERIC View View


Writing Assistance
Visit the campus Writing Lab located in Kent Library.
Also visit the Online Writing Lab at Southeast.


Microsoft Office & Scanning
Visit one of the many campus computer labs.
Click here for lab locations, schedules, and available equipment and services.

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updated 2/16/2012, Claudia Ruediger