Research Guides: Scholarly Communications & Publishing: Citing

Writing & style guides

APA Online Guides:

APA Style Blog
Highlights blog posts and apastyle.org pages that can be helpful both for new students and to those who are familiar with APA Style.
Basics of APA Style Tutorial
This tutorial is designed for those who have no previous knowledge of APA Style®. It shows users how to structure and format their work, recommends ways to reduce bias in language, identifies how to avoid charges of plagiarism, shows how to cite references in text, and provides selected reference examples.
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) APA Guide
Northwest Missouri State APA Style Citation Guide

APA Manuals in Print:

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) by APA
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83

Copies are available at the Welcome Desk.
APA Style Simplified: Writing in Psychology, Education, Nursing, and Sociology by Bernard C. Beins
Publication Date: 2012

This is a compact but comprehensive guide to writing clearly and effectively in APA style. Demonstrates how to write objective scientific research papers using interesting prose Incorporates guidelines from the 6th edition of the APA publication manual. Explores how to develop ideas, connect them to what others have written, and express them clearly. Discusses the differences between written, oral, and poster presentations and offers instructions for applying APA style to each.

MLA Online Guides:

Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) MLA citation guide
This resource offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the Works Cited page.
Hunger College MLA tutorial
Hunter College's MLA tutorial gives clear examples of MLA citation.
Interactive MLA Citation Tutorial
A short interactive tutorial to walk you through various types of MLA citations.

MLA Manuals in print:

Chicago Manual of Style Online
Complete online edition of "one of the most widely used and respected style guides in the United States." Provides information on grammar, document preparation, and proper citation format.

Getting Started With Zotero

Zotero is a free and open-source citation manager. You will need to download and install it from their website to get started.

You can download Zotero here.

By adding a Zotero connector to your browser you can easily add items to Zotero. You can download connectors here.

Zotfile is a free plugin that allows you to rename your downloaded pdf files to something descriptive and easily managed.

You can download Zotfile here.

Once everything is downloaded and installed you are ready to go.