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Citing Your Sources
General Style Manuals & Writing Sources
Citation Builder
From North Carolina State University Libraries, "the Citation Builder
illustrates differences among several major styles of citing information
sources." Choose to cite a book, scholarly journal article,
article from a collection of reprinted articles, chapter or essay from a
book, a Web site, or a personal interview. Once the type of
information source is chosen, enter information about the source in the
online form and click the "Make Citation" button. The Citation
Builder produces the cited source in MLA, APA, and CSE formats that can
be copied and pasted into a document.
Citation Creator
This software will walk you through the process of creating a valid APA citation based on the 5th Edition Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
Citation Machine
Enter all your bibliographic information into the form provided and this
web site will automatically process the information into MLA and APA format.
Use it for citing books, journals, encyclopedias, newspapers, web page and
more.
Research and Documentation Online
These guidelines provide the most current advice available for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles.
Citation Styles for Research Papers
APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago and AMA
The Documentation of Sources and Plagiarism
This site is maintained by P. Bellows of the Northwestern Connecticut Community College Library. Guidelines for using MLA, APA and CSE formats are available. Plagiarism is well defined , examples are given and steps to avoid plagiarizing are provided.
EasyBib
Let EasyBib make citing your sources easier. Just provide the bibliographic
information and let EasyBib do the formatting, alphabetizing, and printing!
Killer Bib Tool
This site will help you format your works cited in APA, MLA, and other
styles by simply filling in the online form.
The Nuts
and Bolts of College Writing
This is a great source for information on how to write essays, structure
paragraphs, communicate clearly and correctly, and find your "voice".
StyleWizard
This site will walk you through creating a correct APA or MLA citation.
Enter all of your data and watch it create the citation for you!
The
WriteSource
Online writing manuals for grades 1-12, and a good place to start for
beginners.
Writing: Style/Usage Manuals
Help for writing A+ papers, grammar and punctuation, technical and
scientific writing and more.
AMA Style
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors
This online version of the manual is available to Penn College students, faculty and staff. Use this site to search or browse the contents of the manual, and to check for the most current and up-to date policy changes and guidelines. Please note that this site allows 1-5 simultaneous users. If access is not available, please try later.
R119 .A533 2007
AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl. The 10th edition includes a new chapter on medical indexes, a completely updated Nomenclature chapter, expanded chapters on manuscript preparation, and several other changes. Since its publication in 2007, there were additions and changes which can be found in the Errata to AMA Manual of Style, 10th Edition
AMA Style
Sample AMA References and Citations from the 10th edition. Maintained by BioMedical Editor
AMA American Medical Association Style: Highlights
Samples and highlights from the 10th ed. Compiled by the Health Sciences Library, New York Medical Center
AMA MedStyle Stat
AMA MedStyle Stat is a quick reference to using the style of the American Medical Association in research papers—papers drafted for conferences, classes, and seminars. It is based on the most recent 10th edition of the AMA Manual of Style, 2007. The latest version and other style resources are available at www.docstyles.com. Freeware Copyright 2007 by Dr. Abel Scribe PhD.
AMA Quick Reference Format For AMA Manual of Style, 10th ed, 2007. This site gives numerous samples, including articles, books, chapters in books, electronic media, databases and internet citing. Created and maintained by Samford University McWhorter School Pharmacy School
APA Style
Books
BF76.7 .P83 2010
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.
The 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual provides the most up-to-date information on APA style guidelines. Corrections to the first printing (July 2009).
BF76.7 .P83 2001
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.
The 5th edition of the APA Publication Manual is available for historical reference.
BF76.7 .P831
2007
APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.
This supplement to the 5th edition is available for historical reference. It is provided electronically as a pdf file to Penn College students, faculty and staff using a network login and password. Print copies are available at the location listed above.
Web Sites
Citation Creator
This software will walk you through the process a valid APA citation
based on the 5th Edition Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association.
Guide to APA Editorial Style for References
From the University of Michigan Library, this library guide summarizes the key components of citing research in the APA style of citation, commonly referred to as "Reference Citations in Text". Updated to the 6th edition.
APA Citation Style
Contains examples for citing books, articles, online sources and more. Maintained by the Cornell University Library.
What's New in the Sixth Edition of the Publication Manual?
Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style
From the American Psychological Association. Updated to the 6th edition.
APA Formatting and Style Guide
Updated to the 6th edition. This site contains everything you need to know about using APA style in your research paper. Produced by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
CSE Council of Science Editors (formerly CBE)
T11 .S386 2006
Scientific style and format: The CSE manual for authors, editors,
and publishers
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.
National Library of Medicine Recommended Formats for Bibliographic Citation
Documenting Sources CSE Style: Biology and Other Sciences?
MLA Style
LB2369 .G53 2009
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.
PN147 .G444 2008
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
From the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
Electronic Sources - MLA Style
How to Organize a Research Paper and Document It with MLA Citations
MLA Format for Your
Citations
Many examples for citing all different kinds of sources. Maintained by Dallas TeleCollege Library and Richland College Library.
MLA Citation Style
Contains examples for citing books, articles, online sources and more. Maintained by Cornell University Library.
Turabian
LB2369 .T8 1996
A manual for writers of term papers, theses, and dissertations
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.
University of Chicago
Z253
.V69 2003
Chicago manual of style
Main Library - Reference Desk - 1st Fl.