Help with Citations

Need help formatting your bibliography according to MLA, APA, or Chicago Style? Check out these helpful (and free!) web resources:

• Zotero - Zotero is a free plug-in that works in conjunction with the Firefox browser. It allows you to gather and organize research sources from online catalogs, web sites, and journal databases. Sources can be organized into folders, and links, tags, and searchable notes can be added. Zotero also works in conjunction with Microsoft Word, to allow easy insertion of parenthetical citations and the creation of bibliographies in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. For more information or to download Zotero for your own computer, go to http://www.zotero.org. Need Help? Check out the Zotero Quick Start Guide.
  

• KnightCite - KnightCite is an free online citation generator service, developed by the Hekman Library of Calvin College. It provides fill-in forms for the most common types of sources, and outputs the citation in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style. It is a quick, easy-to-use source for formatting citations. http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite

Online Style Outlines:

• MLA Formatting and Style Guide - from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.

• APA Formatting and Style Guide - also from the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.

• Chicago/Turabian Style Citation Outline - from the University of California at Berkeley Library (pdf file). For excellent examples of Chicago Style formatting (for references and term-paper formatting), see Diana Hacker's Chicago Style website.
  

• CSE Scientific Style and Format Examples - from the Diana Hacker online handbooks. Links for in-text and reference citations as well as manuscript formatting are in the left-side menu of the site.

• ACS Style Guide - from the Williams College Libraries. Developed by the American Chemical Society, this style may be used for research papers in the field of chemistry.

Check out these sites, they may help you save some time on the tedious task of properly formatting citations. Stop by the library's Reference Desk and speak to a librarian if you have any questions about any of these resources!