ENGL 113 - DeNotto: Citation Tools

Citations and Style Formatting

See all writing style guides available at the library (print versions at Research Help Desk)

• MLA and APA Help: Tips on citing sources and formatting research papers in MLA or APA format
  • MLA Handbook (print version at Research Help Desk)
  • APA Manual (print version at Research Help Desk)
• Chicago Manual of Style Online: Covers all aspects of academic writing and publishing, including citation guides for notes and bibliographies
• NLM (National Library of Medicine): Style Guide
• ACS (American Chemical Society) Style Guide (print version at Research Help Desk)
  • Chapter 14 - References
• Excelsior OWL: Support for APA, MLA, and Chicago documentation styles
• KnightCite: For quickly generating single MLA, APA, or Chicago Style citations

Organizing and Keeping Track of Your Sources

• Zotero: A citation management tool that can help with creating citations and storing sources as well as organizing your research through a tagging system, relationship building, note taking, among other features. Find out more here.
• EndNote Web: A cloud-based bibliographic management and source documentation system to help you collect, organize, and use citations (account required using 1Hope email address)

Plagiarism Information

• Online Plagiarism Tutorial
  • Plagiarism Tutorial Text