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Quick Reference
Citing Sources and Evaluating Quality
General Guides
Citation Guides
Provides guidance for choosing appropriate style and links to a multitude of style guide resources.
Citation Styles
Provides links to major style guide information sites as well as CBE, Chicago, and Columbia.
Evaluation of Information Resources
Reviews criteria for evaluating books, periodical articles, and Web sites.
The OWL at Purdue
"The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing
resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free
service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the
community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with
many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material
for in-class and out-of-class instruction."
Research Guide for Students
Lists accepted abbreviations, how to do parenthetical documentation, as well as how to avoid plagiarizing.
Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement
How to cite a course lecture, computer subroutine, and many other hard-to-find
answers to citing in various styles can be found here.
APA Guides
APA
Formatting and Style Guide
From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab:
"APA (American Psychological Association) is most commonly used to
cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised
according to the 5th edition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA
research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the
reference page."
APA Style: Preparing a List of References
Examples of parenthetical citations and print resources, from University
Writing Center at Western Carolina University.
Electronic Reference Formats
Answers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media, recommended by the APA.
MLA Guides
MLA
Formatting and Style Guide
From the Purdue University Online Writing Lab:
"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
for Writers of Research Papers (6th
ed.) and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly
Publishing (2nd ed.),
offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers,
in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page."
Writing a Bibliography: MLA Style
This guide from Hawaii Community College provides information and examples
of citations for various types of sources, such as books, periodical articles,
videotapes, interviews, electronic databases, and Internet resources.
Other Guides
CBE Style
Citation-sequence (C-S) examples followed by the name-year (N-Y) system display.
Chicago Style
Recommendations adapt the Chicago Manual's guidelines and models to Internet sources.