Online Help for Citing Sources
The Excelsior Online Writing Lab offers excellent instruction regarding various style guides.See the Style Guides tab for a detailed list of the various publication styles and associations.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) offers popular instruction regarding various style guides. Click Research & Citation for particular styles like APA and MLA.
More Resources for APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian Style
- APA 7th edition Student Paper ChecklistUse this checklist while writing your paper to make sure it is consistent with seventh edition APA Style. This checklist corresponds to the writing and formatting guidelines described in full in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (7th ed.).
- MLA sample papersThe following essays . . . demonstrate MLA documentation style and paper formatting.
Note: these papers conform to the 8th edition of MLA, but none of the rules for formatting have changed in the 9th edition. They are still good student examples, especially for in-text citations and Works Cited pages. - Chicago Manual of Style Citation Quick GuideOn the page, click on either "notes and bibliography" or "author-date" style. The notes and bibliography system is preferred by many working in the humanities—including literature, history, and the arts. The author-date system is more common in the sciences and social sciences.
- Turabian Citation Quick GuideOn the page, click on either "notes and bibliography" or "author-date" style. The notes and bibliography system is preferred by many working in the humanities—including literature, history, and the arts. The author-date system is more common in the sciences and social sciences. These two systems are also sometimes referred to as Chicago-style citations, because they are the same as the ones presented in The Chicago Manual of Style. (from the website)