Citation Help

Most writing projects will require you to evaluate and incorporate the work of others into your own research.  Whenever you refer to the work of other authors, either to their ideas or to their exact words, you must give proper credit to your sources. Using someone else's ideas, work, or words as your own without giving them proper credit constitutes plagiarism, whether intentional or not.

The following are examples of the major styles of citation used in academic writing.

APA Citation Style (7th edition)

• APA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University)
• APA Sample Paper
• Videos: Step by step visuals on citing sources from the Greenley Library
• 7th Edition Changes (focuses on the changes that are most pertinent to students and teachers. These include changes to the ways academic papers are formatted, changes to the ways sources are cited, and more.)
• APA Citing Electronic Resources

Chicago Citation Style

• Chicago General Format
• Chicago Style 17th Edition Purdue

MLA Citation Style (8th edition)

• MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University)
  
• Videos: Step by step visuals on citing sources from the Greenley Library
• MLA - Citing Resources and In-Text Citation

Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts - Biomedical Journals

Term Paper Help - document your sources

• Annotated Bibliography
• How to Choose a Topic
• Research Strategies
• What is Plagiarism?
• NoodleTools

Web and Library Information

• Evaluating websites
• Using call numbers
• Library of Congress Classification System (LC)