Citation Guides

These resources are guides to properly cite information. APA, Chicago, MLA, and Turabian style formats are covered on this page.

RefWorks — RefWorks is a citation manager program that enables users to create bibliographies and citations in a wide variety of different citation styles. A first time user needs to create a username and password to create a RefWorks account.

RefWorks Homepage: RefWorks Tutorial

Northwestern University Writing Program: Introduction to RefWorks

Boston College Libraries: RefWorks Tutorial

APA

Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference, 5th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. Reserve Desk and Reference Collection 808.02 H11

The APA Style Homepage: APA Electronic Resource

Chicago

The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. Reference Collection 808.02 C43

The Chicago Manual of Style homepage: Examples of Chicago Style Citations

Ohio State University Libraries: Chicago Manual of Style Citation Guide

The University of Georgia Libraries: Chicago Manual—Bibliographic Format for References

Long Island University Library: Chicago Citation Style

MLA

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003. Reserve Desk and Reference Collection 808.02 M72

Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 2nd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1998. Reference Collection and Main Collection 808.02 G35

Edsel Ford Memorial Library: MLA Style Sheet for Bibliography, Parenthetical Citations (PDF, 25K)

Edsel Ford Memorial Library: MLA Style Sheet for Bibliography and Footnotes/Endnotes (PDF, 26K)

Landmark Project: Citation Machine

Honolulu Community College Library: MLA Citation Examples

University of Southern Mississippi: MLA Style Guide

Kingwood College Library: MLA Style: Paper And Online

Turabian

Note: The Turabian style is based on The Chicago Manual of Style. The citation formats are the relatively the same.

Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, 6th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Reference Collection and 2 copies in the Main Collection 808.02 T84

Edsel Ford Memorial Library: Turabian Style Sheet for Bibliography, Footnotes/Endnotes (PDF, 63K)

Ohio State University Libraries: Turabian Citation Guide

Ithaca College Library: Turabian Samples for a Bibliography

Bridgewater State College Library: Turabian Style—Sample Footnotes and Bibliographic Entries

U.C. Berkeley Library: Chicago & Turabian Styles Examples