Citation Guides: How to Cite Sources

• TC3 Citation Guides: APA, MLA, ASA, Chicago
• General
• Citing Your Sources And Avoiding Plagiarism
• Citation Builders
• APA Style (American Psychological Association)
• MLA Style (Modern Language Association)
• Chicago Manual of Style & Turabian
• ASA Style (American Sociological Association)
• CBE Style (Council of Biology Editors)
• Other
• Annotated Bibliographies

TC3 Citation Guides: APA, ASA, Chicago, MLA

Created by the Writing and Research Center, Tompkins Cortland Community College

• APA Citation
• ASA Citation
• Chicago Notes
• MLA Citation

General

• Citing Sources: Documentation Guidelines for citing sources and avoiding plagiarism - APA, Chicago, MLA, Turabian, and CSE styles
• Citing Sources (Tutorial) - From Searchpath, Western Michigan University
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant, created by English professor Chuck Guilford.
• Writing Center: Citing References in Your Paper - APSA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CBE, MLA
• Interpreting Citations (Tutorial)
• OWL: Research and Citation Resources - Purdue University Online Writing Lab
• Research & Documentation Online - Diane Hacker
• Writing Guides - Colorado State University

Citing Your Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism

• Academic Integrity and Plagiarism - Created for TC3 students
• Citing Sources: Documentation Guidelines for citing sources and avoiding plagiarism - Duke University Libraries
• Citing Your Sources - Tutorial by Eastern Washington University Library
• Avoiding Plagiarism - Tutorial Onine Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue University
• Sources: Their Use and Acknowledgement - Dartmouth College

Citation Builders

• BibBuilder 1.3 - MLA-Style Bibliography Builder
• Citation Builder - Creates citations in APA, MLA, and Chicago CBE/CSE formats (University of North Carolina Libraries, Chapel Hill)
• Citation Builder - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Provides citation genre-based web forms (journal article, chapter, monograph) and allows users to fill them in and then see a citation formatted in various styles.
• Easy Bib - "Free Automatic Bibliography and Citation Maker."
• Son of Citation Machine - Will generate standard MLA & APA, Chicago and Turabian citations
• KnightCite Citation Service - Hekman Library, Calvin College
• OSLIS Elementary Citation Maker - MLA

APA Style

• APA Formatting and Style Guide - Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
• APA Reference List - Writing Center, University of Wisconsin
• APA Style - American Psychological Association
• Basics of APA Style Tutorial
• Writing Guide: American Psychological Association Style - Colorado State University
• Using Principles of APA Style to Cite and Document Sources - Bedford/St. Martins

Available in the TC3 Library:
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association [REF BF76.7 .P83 2010] - 6th Edition. See also What's New in the Sixth Edition and Corrections to First Printing Sixth Edition (July 2009) of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

MLA Style (Modern Language Association)

• Documenting Sources: MLA Style: English and other Humanities - Diana Hacker
• MLA Documentation - Writing Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Modern Language Association - See What Is MLA Style?
Available in the TC3 Library:
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers [REF LB2369 .G53 2009] - 7th Edition

Chicago Manual of Style & Turabian

• Brief Citation Guide for Internet Sources in History and the Humanities
• Chicago Manual of Style - Primarily a subscription resource, there are a few free sections including Chicago-Style Citation Quick Guide and Chicago Style Q & A
• Chicago/Turabian Documentation - Writing Center University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Citing Electronic Information in History Papers - Maurice Crouse, Department of History, University of Memphis
• Documenting Sources: Chicago Style - Diana Hacker
• Turabian Style - Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries (6th edition)

Available in the TC3 Library:
• Chicago Manual of Style [REF Z253 .U69 2003] - 15th Edition.
• A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers by Kate L. Turabian. [REF LB2369 .T8 2007] - 7th Edition.

ASA Style (American Sociological Association)

• ASA Format - Library Guide, California State University, Los Angeles
• ASA (American Sociological Association) Style Guide: Citation and Format Style Guide - Bucknell University
• Formatting in Sociology (ASA Style) - Onine Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue University

Available in the TC3 Library:
• The Sociology Student Writer's Manual [REF HM585 .S638 2002] - 3rd Edition.

Council of Science Editors Style (CSE)

• Council of Science Editors (CSE) - Publishers of Scientific Style and Format
• CSE Citation Guide - Ohio State University
• Documenting Sources: CSE Style: Biology and Other Sciences - Diana Hacker

Available in the TC3 Library:
• Scientific Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers [REF T11 .S386 2006] - 7th Edition

Other

• ACS (American Chemical Society) Style Guidelines Quick Guide - University of California, Berkeley, Library
• Style Manual for Political Science - American Political Science Association Committee on Publications, August 2006
• Brief Guide to Citing Government Publications - University of Memphis University Libraries
• Citing Records in the National Archives of the United States
• Citing the Records of Congress
• Citing Medicine: The NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors, and Publishers - National Library of Medicine, 2nd edition, 2007
• International Committee of Medical Journal Editors - Provides information on the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals
• Introduction to Basic Legal Citation by Peter W. Martin, Cornell Law School, 2010
• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students - Michael Alley, Penn State.

Annotated Bibliographies

• Annotated Bibliographies - Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL). With examples
• Annotated Bibliographies - University of Wisconsin-Madison
• How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography - Cornell University Library

Last update: Tuesday, December 13, 2011